($RCSfile: verb.change,v $ $Revision: 9.0 $ $Date: 2011/02/06 21:16:55 $ $Name:  $ $State: Rel $)
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(verb.change)

{ [ change, noun.phenomenon:change,+ noun.event:change,+ noun.artifact:change1,+ stay,!] frames: 1,2 (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night") }
{ shade, change,@ frames: 4 (pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow")}
{ shade1, shade,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (vary slightly; "shade the meaning")}
{ [ gel, noun.substance:gel,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become a gel; "The solid, when heated, gelled")}
{ [ brutalize, adj.all:inhumane^brutal,+ noun.act:brutalization,+ ] [ brutalise, noun.act:brutalisation,+ ] animalize, animalise, change,@ frames: 2 (become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling) }
{ [ brutalize1, adj.all:inhumane^brutal,+ noun.act:brutalization,+ ] [ brutalise1, noun.act:brutalisation,+ ] animalize1, animalise1, change1,@ frames: 10,9 (make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him") }
{ [ caramelize, noun.food:caramel1,+ noun.food:caramel,+ ] [ caramelise, noun.food:caramel1,+ noun.food:caramel,+ ] convert3,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8 (convert to caramel) }
{ [rasterize, noun.artifact:raster,+] convert3,@ noun.cognition:computer_science,;c frames: 8 (convert (an image) into pixels)}
{ [ caramelize1, noun.food:caramel1,+ noun.food:caramel,+ ] [ caramelise1, noun.food:caramel1,+ noun.food:caramel,+ ] convert4,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 1 (be converted into caramel; "The sugar caramelized") }
{ [ convert4, adj.all:commutable^convertible,+ noun.artifact:converter,+ ] convert3,$ change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1,4 (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid") }
{ [ convert3, adj.all:adaptable^convertible,+ noun.act:conversion,+ noun.artifact:convertor,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers") }
{ humify, convert3,@ frames: 8,11 (convert (plant remains) into humus)}
{ verbalize, verbalise, convert3,@ noun.cognition:language,;c frames: 8 (convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized")}
{ [creolize, noun.communication:creole,+] change,@ frames: 1 (develop into a creole; "pidgins often creolize")}
{ sporulate, verb.creation:sporulate,$ convert3,@ noun.cognition:botany,;c frames: 11 (convert into spores)}
{ [ novelize, noun.act:novelization,+ ] [ novelise, noun.act:novelisation,+ ] fictionalize, [ fictionalise, noun.communication:fictionalisation,+ noun.act:fictionalisation,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event")}
{ deaden4, convert3,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil) }
{ [ opalize, noun.substance:opal,+ ] opalise, convert3,@ frames: 11 (replace or convert into opal; "opalized tree trunks") }
{ [ opalize1, noun.substance:opal,+ ] opalise1, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make opalescent) }
{ [ receive, noun.artifact:receiver,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals") }
{ reconvert, convert3,@ frames: 8,11 (convert back; "Hollywood is reconverting old films")}
{ [ malt, noun.food:malt2,+ ] malt2,$ malt3,$ convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into malt) }
{ [ malt2, noun.food:malt1,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert grain into malt) }
{ [ malt1, noun.food:malt2,+ ] convert4,@ frames: 1 (turn into malt, become malt) }
{ [ stay, noun.act:stay,+ change,!] remain, rest, verb.stative:be3,@ frames: 6,7,4 (stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week") }
{ keep_out, remain,@ frames: 1,2 (remain outside)}
{ [ continue10, noun.attribute:continuation,+ noun.time:continuance2,+ ] verb.stative:be3,@ frames: 1 (exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks") }
{ keep_up, keep_abreast2, follow1, frames: 2,22 (keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies") }
{ sit_tight, stay,@ frames: 2 (maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight") }
{ [ differentiate, noun.relation:difference,+ noun.event:difference,+ noun.attribute:difference,+ noun.cognition:differentiation,+ ] dissimilate,@ frames: 1 (become distinct and acquire a different character) }
{ [ speciate, noun.process:speciation,+ ] differentiate5, [ specialize7, noun.process:specialization,+ ] [ specialise7, noun.process:specialisation,+ ] evolve,@ frames: 1,2 (evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment)}
{ [ differentiate1, noun.relation:difference,+ noun.attribute:difference,+ noun.process:differentiation,+ dedifferentiate,!] develop,@ frames: 1 (become different during development; "cells differentiate") }
{ [ dedifferentiate, noun.process:dedifferentiation,+ differentiate1,!] develop,@ frames: 1 (lose specialization in form or function)}
{ [ mutate, adj.pert:mutative,+ adj.pert:mutant,+ noun.person:mutation,+ noun.event:mutation,+ noun.person:mutant,+ noun.animal:mutant,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo mutation; "cells mutate") }
{ arterialize, arterialise, change1,@ frames: 11 (change venous blood into arterial blood) }
{ revert13, mutate,@ frames: 1 (undergo reversion, as in a mutation)}
{ make, get1, change1,@ frames: 5,25 (give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear") }
{ render, make,@ frames: 5,25 (cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile") }
{ get2, let1, have, make,@ frames: 20,21,24 (cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble") }
{ have1, [ experience, noun.event:experience,+ noun.cognition:experience,+ ] change,@ frames: 11 (undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up") }
{ [ alternate, noun.act:alternation,+ ] take_turns, verb.social:act,@ frames: 2 (do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift") }
{ spell, alternate,@ frames: 2 (take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours")}
{ [ alternate1, noun.act:alternation,+ ] jump3, change2,@ frames: 4,22 (go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions) }
{ interchange, [ tack2, noun.act:tack1,+ ] [ switch, noun.event:switch,+ noun.act:switch,+ ] alternate2, flip, [ flip-flop, noun.cognition:flip-flop,+ ] change_by_reversal,@ frames: 1,8 (reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)) }
{ counterchange, transpose2, interchange1, change1,@ frames: 8 (cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size") }
{ [ vascularize, adj.pert:vascular,+ noun.process:vascularization,+ ] vascularise, change1,@ frames: 11 (make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized")}
{ [ decrepitate, noun.event:decrepitation,+ ] decrepitate1,$ change1,@ frames: 8 (to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts") }
{ [ decrepitate1, noun.event:decrepitation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated") }
{ crackle, change2,@ frames: 1,3,8,11 (to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand")}
{ [ suburbanize, adj.pert:suburban,+ ] suburbanise, change1,@ frames: 11,8 (make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities") }
{ [ suburbanize1, adj.pert:suburban,+ ] suburbanise1, change,@ frames: 1 (take on suburban character; "the city suburbanized")}
{ [ change2, noun.relation:change,+ noun.phenomenon:change,+ noun.event:change,+ noun.artifact:change1,+ noun.act:change,+ ] alter, [ vary1, adj.all:varied^variable,+ adj.all:variable,+ adj.all:different^variant,+ noun.cognition:variation1,+ noun.cognition:variant1,+ ] frames: 1,2 (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season") }
{ [ modulate5, noun.communication:modulation,+ ] vary1,@ frames: 8,11 (vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves))}
{ avianize, avianise, change2,@ frames: 8 (to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo) }
{ [ optimize1, noun.act:optimization,+ ] [ optimise1, noun.act:optimisation,+ ] modify,@ frames: 8 (modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost; "optimize a computer program")}
{ move, change2,@ frames: 1,4 (go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy") }
{ step1, move,@ frames: 21 (move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps")}
{ [ scroll, noun.communication:scroll,+ ] move,@ noun.cognition:computer_science,;c frames: 22 (move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text")}
{ roll7, roll_up2, roll_up,$ roll_up1,$ change,@ frames: 7 (show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly")}
{ roll6, change_shape,@ frames: 1,4,7 (take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well")}
{ glaze, glass, glass_over, glaze_over, change,@ frames: 1 (become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored") }
{ [ revolutionize, noun.event:revolution1,+ ] [ revolutionise, noun.event:revolution1,+ ] overturn, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe") }
{ [ turn3, noun.event:turn1,+ ] [ grow3, noun.event:growth1,+ ] turn4,$ change,@ frames: 4,5,6 (pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry") }
{ bald, grow3,@ frames: 2 (grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already") }
{ [ change1, noun.person:changer,+ noun.relation:change,+ noun.phenomenon:change,+ noun.event:change,+ noun.artifact:change1,+ noun.act:change,+ ] [ alter1, adj.all:alterable,+ noun.act:alteration1,+ noun.event:alteration,+ ] [ modify10, adj.all:modifiable,+ noun.act:modification,+ ] change,> frames: 8,9,10,11 (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue") }
{ sensualize, sensualise, [ carnalize, adj.all:physical^carnal,+ ] carnalise, verb.social:debase,@ frames: 9 (debase through carnal gratification) }
{ [ etiolate, noun.act:etiolation,+ ] alter1,@ noun.Tops:plant,;c frames: 8,11 (bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight) }
{ [ barbarize, noun.act:barbarization,+ ] [ barbarise, noun.act:barbarisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 9,10 (make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man")}
{ barbarize1, [ barbarise1, noun.act:barbarisation,+ ] barbarize,$ change,@ frames: 2 (become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language)}
{ alkalinize, alkalinise, change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (make (a substance) alkaline; "The oxide is alkalized") }
{ alkalinize1, alkalinise1, change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (become alkaline)}
{ [ mythologize, noun.communication:mythologization,+ noun.cognition:mythology,+ noun.group:mythology,+ noun.communication:myth,+ demythologize,!] [ mythologise, noun.communication:mythologisation,+ ] mythicize, mythicise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make into a myth; "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66")}
{ [ allegorize, noun.person:allegorizer,+ noun.communication:allegory2,+ noun.communication:allegory1,+ noun.communication:allegory,+ ] [ allegorise, noun.person:allegoriser,+ noun.communication:allegory2,+ noun.communication:allegory1,+ noun.communication:allegory,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time") }
{ [ demythologize, noun.communication:demythologization,+ mythologize,!] [ demythologise, noun.communication:demythologisation,+ ] change1,@ noun.communication:Bible,;c frames: 8 (remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value") }
{ [bring, bring_down,^ verb.social:bring_up,^ ] land, change1,@ frames: 11,8,9,10 (bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail") }
{ [ secularize, noun.act:secularization1,+ ] [ secularise, noun.act:secularisation1,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 8,11 (make secular and draw away from a religious orientation; "Ataturk secularized Turkey") }
{ [ rubberize, noun.substance:rubber,+ ] rubberise, [ rubber, noun.substance:rubber,+ ] verb.contact:coat,@ frames: 8 (coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats") }
{ coarsen, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals")}
{ anodize, anodise, verb.contact:coat,@ frames: 8 (coat a metal with an oxide coat) }
{ [ citrate, noun.substance:citric_acid,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 8 (cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid) }
{ [ equilibrate, noun.state:equilibrium,+ noun.shape:equilibrium,+ noun.process:equilibrium,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium) }
{ leave2, leave_alone, leave_behind3, let_alone, verb.stative:leave3,$ verb.stative:refrain,@ frames: 11,10,9,8,21,20 (leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind")}
{ affect, [ impact, noun.phenomenon:impact,+ noun.act:impact,+ ] bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on1, touch, change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?") }
{ strike_a_blow, affect,@ frames: 22 (affect adversely; "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws")}
{ [ repercuss, noun.phenomenon:repercussion,+ ] affect,@ frames: 1 (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)}
{ tell_on, affect,@ frames: 10,11 (produce an effect or strain on somebody; "Each step told on his tired legs") }
{ redound1, affect,@ frames: 4 (have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good") }
{ [ bacterize, noun.animal:bacterium,+ ] [ bacterise, noun.animal:bacterium,+ ] verb.perception:subject3,@ frames: 8 (subject to the action of bacteria) }
{ change_by_reversal, [ turn, noun.event:turn,+ verb.contact:turn_on,^ verb.contact:turn_off,^ ] [ reverse, adj.all:revocable^reversible,+ noun.relation:reverse,+ noun.act:reverse1,+ noun.act:reversal,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,2,8,10,11 (change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern") }
{ turn_the_tables, turn_the_tide, reverse,@ frames: 1,2 (cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!") }
{ [ commutate, adj.all:independent^commutative,+ noun.artifact:commutator,+ ] reverse,@ frames: 8 (reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current)}
{ [ alchemize, noun.cognition:alchemy,+ ] alchemise, change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (alter (elements) by alchemy) }
{ [ alcoholize, noun.food:alcohol,+ ] alcoholise, change1,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8,11 (make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes") }
{ [ alcoholize1, noun.food:alcohol,+ ] alcoholise1, saturate4,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8,11 (treat or infuse with alcohol; "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator")}
{ change_integrity, change,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (change in physical make-up) }
{ switch_over, [ switch3, noun.event:switch,+ noun.act:switch,+ ] [ exchange1, noun.act:exchange1,+ ] change_by_reversal,@ frames: 2,21,22 (change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence) }
{ change_shape, change_form, [ deform2, noun.event:deformation1,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (assume a different shape or form) }
{ [ individuate, noun.attribute:individuation,+ ] shape,@ frames: 11 (give individual shape or form to; "Language that individuates his memories") }
{ granulate1, [ grain1, noun.object:grain,+ ] change_shape,@ frames: 1 (become granular) }
{ [ tie, noun.artifact:tie1,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie") }
{ [ terrace, noun.object:terrace,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land") }
{ [ fork1, noun.shape:fork,+ noun.artifact:fork,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers") }
{ [ constellate, noun.object:constellation,+ noun.cognition:constellation,+ ] form5,@ frames: 1 (form a constellation or cluster) }
{ [ shape, noun.attribute:shape,+ noun.attribute:shape1,+ noun.person:shaper,+ noun.artifact:shaper,+ ] [ form1, noun.artifact:form1,+ noun.cognition:form,+ noun.artifact:formation,+ noun.act:formation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character") }
{ tabulate1, shape,@ frames: 8 (shape or cut with a flat surface)}
{ [ dimension, noun.cognition:dimension1,+ noun.attribute:dimension,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (shape or form to required dimensions) }
{ [ roll10, noun.shape:roll,+ noun.event:roll2,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette") }
{ draw4, shape,@ frames: 8,11 (flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel") }
{ strike, verb.creation:strike,$ form1,@ frames: 11 (cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc") }
{ [ crystallize2, noun.cognition:crystallization,+ ] crystallise2, crystalise2, crystalize2, shape,@ frames: 8 (cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts") }
{ [ twist, noun.body:twist,+ ] form1,@ frames: 8 (form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough") }
{ culminate2, form5,@ frames: 4 (rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest") }
{ [ granulate, noun.act:granulation,+ ] [ grain, noun.object:grain,+ ] grain1,> form5,@ frames: 8 (form into grains) }
{ [ sliver1, noun.object:sliver1,+ noun.object:sliver,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (form into slivers; "sliver wood") }
{ [ ridge, noun.shape:ridge,+ ] form1,@ frames: 8 (form into a ridge) }
{ plume, shape,@ frames: 11 (form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke") }
{ [ conglobate, noun.shape:globe,+ noun.shape:conglobation,+ ] [ conglobe, noun.event:conglobation,+ ] form5,@ frames: 1 (assume a globular shape) }
{ form5, change,@ frames: 1 (assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads")}
{ [ round, noun.artifact:rounder,+ ] round_out1, round_off1, shape,@ frames: 8 (make round; "round the edges") }
{ [ scallop, noun.shape:scallop,+ ] scollop, shape,@ frames: 8 (shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress") }
{ [ square, noun.artifact:square1,+ noun.shape:square,+ ] square_up, shape,@ frames: 8 (make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file") }
{ round_off, round_down, round_out2, round3, change1,@ frames: 8 (express as a round number; "round off the amount") }
{ prim, verb.contact:compress,@ frames: 8 (contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food") }
{ purse, round,@ frames: 8 (contract one's lips into a rounded shape) }
{ pooch, pooch_out, purse,@ frames: 8 (round one's lips as if intending to kiss) }
{ change_state, [ turn4, noun.event:turn1,+ noun.act:turning1,+ turn_around,^ verb.emotion:turn_off,^ ] verb.stative:turn,$ change,@ frames: 1,2 (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election") }
{ fall8, verb.social:fall_for,^ verb.social:fall_flat,^ verb.motion:fall_back,^ fall_apart3,^ fall_apart4,^ fall_away,^ verb.competition:fall_behind,^ change_state,@ frames: 4,6,7,8,11,22 (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work") }
{ drop9, fall8,@ frames: 2 (fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop")}
{ [fall_off1, noun.process:falloff,+ ] fall_away1, disappear,@ frames: 1 (diminish in size or intensity) }
{ fall_in_love, fall8,@ frames: 2,22 (begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her former student") }
{ [ suspend1, noun.substance:suspension,+ noun.act:suspension,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles") }
{ [ resuspend, noun.substance:resuspension,+ ] suspend1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (put back into suspension; "resuspend particles") }
{ sober_up, sober, verb.consumption:drink1,* become,@ frames: 2 (become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up") }
{ sober_up1, sober1, become,@ frames: 2 (become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up")}
{ sober2, change1,@ frames: 11,10 (cause to become sober; "A sobering thought") }
{ become, go4, [get, get_on,^ get_along,^ verb.competition:get_over,^ verb.competition:get_ahead,^ ] turn4,@ frames: 6,7,4,22 (enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!") }
{ work10, become,@ frames: 6 (arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times")}
{ [ adjust1, adj.all:adaptive^adjustive,+ noun.process:adjustment,+ noun.event:adjustment,+ ] [ conform1, noun.person:conformist,+ ] [ adapt2, adj.all:adaptive,+ adj.all:adaptable,+ noun.process:adaptation,+ noun.process:adaption,+ ] get_used_to,@ frames: 1,2,22 (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation") }
{ follow, conform_to, verb.creation:imitate,@ frames: 8,11,9,10 (behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example") }
{ go_by, follow,@ frames: 8,11 (be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be safe") }
{ [ readjust, noun.act:readjustment,+ ] readapt3, adjust1,@ frames: 2,22 (adjust anew; "After moving back to America, he had to readjust") }
{ [ proportion, noun.relation:proportion,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8,21 (adjust in size relative to other things) }
{ reconstruct1, change1,@ frames: 9 (cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically) }
{ readapt, adapt2,@ frames: 2,9,22 (adapt anew; "He readapted himself") }
{ [ decrease, noun.act:decrease,+ noun.attribute:decrease,+ noun.process:decrease,+ noun.event:decrease,+ increase,! ] [ diminish, noun.process:diminution,+ ] lessen, [ fall6, noun.attribute:fall,+ ] change_magnitude,@ frames: 1 (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper") }
{ [ shrink11, noun.act:shrinking,+ ] shrivel11, decrease,@ frames: 1 (decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me")}
{ [ taper2, noun.act:tapering,+ ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off") }
{ [drop_off1, noun.event:drop-off,+ ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test") }
{ vanish1, fly, vaporize4, decrease,@ frames: 1 (decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized") }
{ [ increase2, noun.act:increase,+ noun.attribute:increase,+ noun.process:increase,+ noun.event:increase,+ noun.quantity:increase,+ decrease1,!] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted") }
{ suppress1, decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (lessen to the point of stopping; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage")}
{ extend12, stretch13, stretch15,$ increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice") }
{ [ augment1, adj.all:intensifying^augmentative,+ noun.event:augmentation,+ noun.act:augmentation,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East") }
{ [build_up2, noun.act:buildup,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings") }
{ [ enlarge3, noun.act:enlargement,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds")}
{ up, increase2,@ frames: 8 (raise; "up the ante") }
{ break8, fall6,@ frames: 1 (fall sharply; "stock prices broke") }
{ [ rise, noun.act:rise1,+ ] go_up, [ climb1, noun.event:climbing,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1 (increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year") }
{ soar, rise,@ frames: 1 (go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced") }
{ rise9, [ jump1, noun.event:jump,+ ] climb_up2, change,@ frames: 1,4 (rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list") }
{ [ jump, noun.event:jump1,+ ] climb,@ frames: 1 (increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight") }
{ [ accrue, noun.act:accruement,+ noun.act:accrual,+ ] increase,@ frames: 1 (grow by addition; "The interest accrues") }
{ redound, accrue,@ frames: 1 (contribute; "Everything redounded to his glory") }
{ [ bull, noun.person:bull1,+ ] verb.possession:bull,$ rise,@ frames: 1 (advance in price; "stocks were bulling") }
{ ease_up2, ease_off2, [let_up1, noun.time:letup,+] change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down") }
{ ease_up, ease_off, slacken_off, flag1, decrease,@ frames: 1 (become less intense) }
{ [ increase, noun.act:increase,+ noun.attribute:increase,+ noun.process:increase,+ noun.event:increase,+ noun.quantity:increase,+ decrease,! ] change_magnitude,@ frames: 1 (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased") }
{ [ spike4, noun.event:spike,+ ] increase,@ frames: 1 (manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked")}
{ add_to, increase,@ frames: 11 (have an increased effect; "This adds to my worries") }
{ gain1, gather1, increase,@ frames: 8,11 (increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed") }
{ [ explode2, noun.event:explosion1,+ ] irrupt, increase,@ frames: 1 (increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted") }
{ enlarge, grow,@ frames: 1 (become larger or bigger) }
{ [ augment, adj.all:intensifying^augmentative,+ noun.event:augmentation,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1 (grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented") }

{ pyramid, increase,@ frames: 1 (increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base) }
{ [ advance1, noun.act:advance1,+ ] gain, climb,@ frames: 1,11 (rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today") }
{ snowball, increase,@ frames: 1 (increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate) }
{ [ raise1, noun.attribute:raise,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8 (raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread") }
{ bump_up, raise1,@ frames: 8 (increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil") }
{ [ accumulate, adj.all:additive^accumulative,+ adj.all:acquisitive^accumulative,+ noun.act:accumulation,+ ] [ cumulate, adj.all:additive^cumulative,+ noun.group:cumulus,+ noun.group:cumulation,+ ] [ conglomerate, noun.group:conglomeration,+ noun.event:conglomeration,+ ] pile_up, [ gather, noun.act:gathering1,+ ] amass, increase,@ frames: 1,4 (collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up") }
{ [ backlog, noun.possession:backlog,+ noun.group:backlog,+ ] accumulate,@ frames: 1 (accumulate and create a backlog) }
{ [ accrete1, adj.all:increasing^accretive,+ noun.process:accretion2,+ noun.process:accretion,+ ] amass,@ frames: 11 (grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion") }
{ run_up, verb.possession:accumulate,@ frames: 8 (pile up (debts or scores)) }
{ [ assimilate, noun.state:assimilation,+ noun.process:assimilation2,+ dissimilate,! ] adjust1,@ frames: 2,22,12 (become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly") }
{ [ acculturate, adj.pert:acculturative,+ noun.group:culture,+ noun.cognition:culture1,+ noun.cognition:culture,+ noun.act:acculturation,+ ] assimilate,@ frames: 2,22 (assimilate culturally) }
{ [ detribalize, noun.act:detribalization1,+ ] [ detribalise, noun.act:detribalisation1,+ ] acculturate,@ frames: 9 (cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity) }
{ [ assimilate1, noun.state:assimilation,+ noun.process:assimilation2,+ dissimilate1,! ] change1,@ frames: 21 (make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly") }
{ [ assimilate2, noun.process:assimilation,+ dissimilate2,! ] change,@ noun.cognition:phonetics,;c frames: 1,4 (become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant") }
{ [ dissimilate, noun.process:dissimilation1,+ assimilate,! ] change,@ frames: 1 (become dissimilar or less similar; "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time") }
{ [ dissimilate1, assimilate1,! ] change1,@ frames: 21 (make dissimilar; cause to become less similar) }
{ [ dissimilate2, noun.process:dissimilation1,+ assimilate2,! ] change,@ noun.cognition:phonetics,;c frames: 1,4 (become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate") }
{ change4, [ exchange, noun.act:exchange,+ noun.person:exchanger,+ ] [ commute2, noun.communication:commutation,+ ] [ convert2, adj.all:convertible,+ noun.act:conversion3,+ ] replace,@ frames: 8,9 (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares")}
{ [ rectify6, noun.event:rectification,+ ] convert2,@ frames: 8 (convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current")}
{ utilize12, convert2,@ frames: 8 (convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust))}
{ [ commute1, noun.communication:commutation,+ noun.act:commutation1,+ ] convert9, [ exchange2, noun.act:exchange2,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (exchange a penalty for a less severe one) }
{ [ capitalize, noun.possession:capital1,+ ] [ capitalise, noun.possession:capital1,+ ] convert2,@ frames: 8 (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital) }
{ [ overcapitalize, noun.act:overcapitalization,+ ] [ overcapitalise, noun.act:overcapitalisation,+ ] capitalize,@ frames: 2 (capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant) }
{ [ transduce, noun.process:transduction,+ noun.artifact:transducer,+ ] convert,@ frames: 11 (cause transduction (of energy forms)) }
{ [ replace, noun.person:replacement2,+ noun.event:replacement,+ noun.cognition:replacement,+ noun.act:replacement,+ noun.act:replacing,+ ] verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 8,9,31,20 (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced") }
{ change6, replace,@ frames: 8 (remove or replace the coverings of; "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens") }
{ refurbish, [ renovate1, noun.state:renovation,+ noun.act:renovation,+ frames: 2] freshen_up, verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 8 (make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate") }
{ [ gentrify, noun.act:gentrification,+ ] renovate1,@ frames: 8 (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town")}
{ revamp, verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 8 (to patch up or renovate; repair or restore; "They revamped their old house before selling it") }
{ [ retread, noun.artifact:retread,+ ] remold, remould, verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 8 (give new treads to (a tire)) }
{ [ renovate, noun.state:renovation,+ noun.act:renovation,+ noun.person:renovator,+ ] [ restitute, noun.act:restitution1,+ ] verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 8 (restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel") }
{ [ refresh, noun.act:refreshment,+ noun.food:refresher,+ ] [ freshen, noun.artifact:freshener,+ ] verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us") }
{ [ revitalize, noun.act:revitalization,+ ] [ revitalise, noun.act:revitalisation,+ ] verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 8,10,11 (give new life or vigor to)}
{ [ vitalize, adj.all:animated^vital,+ noun.state:vitalization,+ noun.person:vitalizer,+ devitalize,!] [ vitalise, noun.state:vitalisation,+ noun.person:vitaliser,+ ] strengthen1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man") }
{ [ vitalize1, adj.all:alive1^vital,+ ] vitalise1, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (give life to; "The eggs are vitalized")}
{ [ ruggedize, noun.act:ruggedization,+ ] [ ruggedise, noun.act:ruggedisation,+ ] strengthen1,@ frames: 11 (produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage; "Detroit ruggedized the family car")}
{ consolidate2, strengthen,@ frames: 8 (make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place") }
{ [ consolidate3, noun.event:consolidation,+ ] solidify1,@ frames: 8,11 (make or form into a solid or hardened mass; "consolidate fibers into boards") }
{ [ consolidate4, noun.event:consolidation,+ noun.object:consolidation,+ ] solidify,@ frames: 1,4 (form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated overnight") }
{ proof, strengthen,@ frames: 8 (make resistant (to harm); "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer")}
{ [bombproof, noun.artifact:bombproof,+] proof,@ frames:8 (make safe against bombings)}
{ [bulletproof, adj.all:armored1^bulletproof,+] proof,@ frames: 8 (make bulletproof; "bulletproof the car")}
{ child-proof, childproof, proof,@ frames: 8 (make safe against children; "childproof the apartment")}
{ goofproof, goof-proof, foolproof, proof,@ frames: 8 (proof against human misuse or error; "foolproof this appliance") }
{ fireproof, proof,@ frames: 8,11 (make resistant to fire) }
{ weatherproof, proof,@ frames: 8,11 (make resistant to bad weather) }
{ [ devitalize, noun.act:devitalization,+ vitalize,!] [ devitalise, noun.act:devitalisation,+ ] weaken1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy") }
{ eviscerate3, devitalize,@ frames: 8,11 (take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed")}
{ shake, weaken1,@ frames: 11 (undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes") }
{ regenerate, verb.creation:create,@ frames: 8,11 (form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred") }
{ reincarnate, renew, regenerate1,@ frames: 11 (cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market")}
{ [ regenerate4, noun.act:regeneration1,+ ] verb.stative:form2,@ frames: 1 (be formed or shaped anew) }
{ [ reform3, adj.all:helpful^reformatory,+ noun.act:reform2,+ noun.act:reformation1,+ ] straighten_out2, see_the_light, improve,@ frames: 1,2 (change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light") }
{ [ surge3, noun.act:surge,+ ] improve,@ noun.act:sport,;c frames: 2 (see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead")}
{ [ regenerate2, noun.process:regeneration,+ ] verb.creation:re-create,@ frames: 8,11 (replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; "The snake regenerated its tail") }
{ [ regenerate1, noun.act:regeneration,+ ] [ restore, adj.all:invigorating^restorative,+ adj.all:healthful^restorative,+ noun.act:restoration,+ ] [ rejuvenate4, noun.phenomenon:rejuvenation,+ ] verb.creation:renew,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me") }
{ [ revive1, noun.act:revival1,+ ] resurrect, regenerate1,@ frames: 8,11 (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina")}
{ republish, revive1,@ noun.group:law,;c frames: 8 (revive (a cancelled will or a libel))}
{ [ revive, noun.act:revival1,+ ] boom,@ frames: 1 (be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived") }
{ [ change3, noun.artifact:change,+ ] verb.body:dress,@ frames: 2,9,22 (change clothes; put on different clothes; "Change before you go to the opera") }
{ change_magnitude, change,@ frames: 1 (change in size or magnitude) }
{ [ modify, adj.all:modifiable,+ noun.person:modifier,+ noun.event:modification,+ noun.artifact:modification,+ noun.act:modification,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,2,8,11,10 (make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage") }
{ attemper, modify,@ frames: 11,8 (modify the temperature of; "attemper the air") }
{ [ syncopate, noun.communication:syncopation2,+ noun.communication:syncopation,+ noun.person:syncopator,+ ] modify,@ noun.cognition:music1,;c frames: 8 (modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat) }
{ [ update, noun.act:updating,+ ] modify,@ frames: 8,11 (modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house") }
{ [ update1, noun.act:updating,+ ] modify,@ noun.act:computer_technology,;c frames: 8 (bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data; "tonight, I will update my operating system"; "we updated the database with the most recent figures") }
{ soup_up, hop_up, hot_up, modify,@ frames: 8 (make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars") }
{ [ modify1, noun.communication:modifier,+ noun.relation:modification,+ ] [ qualify1, noun.communication:qualifier,+ noun.relation:qualifying,+ ] add,@ noun.cognition:grammar,;c frames: 11,8,31 (add a modifier to a constituent)}
{ [ cream, noun.food:cream,+ ] modify,@ frames: 8 (add cream to one's coffee, for example) }
{ [ modulate, noun.communication:modulation3,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8,11 (adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of) }
{ [ enrich, noun.act:enrichment,+ deprive,! ] improve1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods") }
{ build_up3, [ develop4, noun.location:development,+ noun.act:development2,+ noun.person:developer,+ ] verb.cognition:develop,$ develop9,$ develop1,$ verb.creation:develop9,$ improve1,@ frames: 8 (change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up") }
{ [ redevelop, noun.act:redevelopment,+ ] develop4,@ frames: 8 (change the plans for the use of (land))}
{ round_out, fill_out, enrich,@ frames: 11,8 (make bigger or better or more complete) }
{ [ optimize, noun.act:optimization,+ noun.attribute:optimum,+ ] [ optimise, noun.act:optimisation,+ noun.attribute:optimum,+ ] perfect,@ frames: 8,11 (make optimal; get the most out of; use best; "optimize your resources") }
{ [ deprive, noun.state:deprivation,+ noun.act:deprivation,+ enrich,! ] [ impoverish, noun.act:impoverishment,+ ] worsen,@ frames: 18 (take away) }
{ fail4, decline1,@ frames: 1 (get worse; "Her health is declining") }
{ [ disestablish, noun.act:disestablishment,+ ] deprive,@ noun.act:church,;c frames: 8 (deprive (an established church) of its status) }
{ [ choke, noun.artifact:choke,+ ] [ throttle, noun.artifact:throttle1,+ noun.artifact:throttle,+ ] enrich,@ frames:8,11 (reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor") }
{ [ remove, noun.act:remotion,+ noun.substance:remover,+ noun.act:removal,+ ] [take, verb.cognition:take_off,^ ] take_away1, [ withdraw1, noun.act:withdrawal,+ ] frames: 8,11,16,16,20 (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")}
{ harvest, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "Should one harvest organs from dead people for transplants?")}
{ [ tip4, noun.location:tip,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the tip from; "tip artichokes")}
{ [ stem1, noun.cognition:stemmer,+ noun.communication:stem1,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed")}
{ [ extirpate, noun.act:extirpation,+ ] remove,@ noun.cognition:surgery,;c frames: 8 (surgically remove (an organ))}
{ [ enucleate, noun.act:enucleation,+ ] remove,@ noun.cognition:surgery,;c frames: 8 (remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover)}
{ [ exenterate, noun.act:exenteration,+ ] remove,@ noun.cognition:surgery,;c frames: 8 (remove the contents of (an organ))}
{ enucleate1, remove,@ noun.cognition:biology,;c frames: 8 (remove the nucleus from (a cell))}
{ [ decorticate1, noun.act:decortication,+ ] remove,@ noun.act:surgery1,;c frames: 8 (remove the cortex of (an organ))}
{ bail1, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove (water) from a vessel with a container)}
{ bail2, bail1,$ empty1,@ frames: 8 (empty (a vessel) by bailing) }
{ [ strip12, noun.act:strip,+ ] [ undress, noun.state:undress,+ ] divest13, disinvest, verb.body:strip1,$ remove,@ frames: 9,8 (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments") }
{ [ ablate10, noun.act:ablation,+ ] remove,@ noun.act:surgery1,;c frames: 8 (remove an organ or bodily structure) }
{ clean1, pick1, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey") }
{ clean2, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it") }
{ winnow, fan1, remove,@ frames: 8 (blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"; "The speaker ceased to be an amusing little gnat to be fanned away and was kicked off the forum") }
{ [ pick, noun.artifact:pick1,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8,21 (remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone") }
{ clear8, clear_up, remove,@ frames: 8,11 (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat") }
{ [ muck1, noun.substance:muck,+ ] remove,@ frames: 22 (remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine) }
{ lift, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table") }
{ lift9, remove,@ frames: 8,11 (take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure") }
{ lift8, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs") }
{ tear_away, tear_off, rip_off, remove,@ frames: 8,11 (remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror") }
{ take_off, remove,@ frames: 8 (take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!") }
{ uncloak, verb.body:take_off3,@ frames: 9 (remove a cloak from) }
{ [take_away, add,!] take_out, remove,@ frames: 8 (take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables") }
{ [ pit, noun.plant:pit,+ ] [ stone, noun.plant:stone,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries") }
{ [ seed1, noun.plant:seed,+ noun.artifact:seeder,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the seeds from; "seed grapes") }
{ unhinge, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door") }
{ [ shuck, noun.substance:shuck,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the shucks from; "shuck corn") }
{ [ hull, noun.plant:hull1,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the hulls from; "hull the berries") }
{ [ crumb, noun.food:crumb,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove crumbs from; "crumb the table") }
{ chip_away, chip_away_at, remove,@ frames: 8,11 (remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life") }
{ [ burl, noun.attribute:burl,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the burls from cloth) }
{ knock_out, remove,@ frames: 8 (destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out") }
{ bus, take_away,@ frames: 8 (remove used dishes from the table in restaurants) }
{ [ scavenge, noun.substance:scavenger,+ ] [ clean, noun.act:cleaning,+ ] remove,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (remove unwanted substances from) }
{ [ hypophysectomize, noun.act:hypophysectomy,+ ] [ hypophysectomise, noun.act:hypophysectomy,+ ] noun.act:surgery1,;c remove,@ frames: 9 (remove the pituitary glands) }
{ degas, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove gas from) }
{ [ husk, noun.substance:husk,+ noun.plant:husk,+ noun.act:husking,+ ] [ shell6, noun.plant:shell,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the husks from; "husk corn") }
{ [ bur, noun.plant:bur,+ ] [ burr, noun.plant:burr,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the burrs from) }
{ clear_off, clear_away, remove,@ frames: 8,21 (remove from sight) }
{ [unclutter, clutter,!] [ clear2, noun.location:clear,+ clear_off,^ clear_away,^ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk") }
{ [ clutter, noun.state:clutter,+ unclutter,! ] clutter_up, fill1,@ frames: 8,11,31 (fill a space in a disorderly way) }
{ [ clog2, noun.artifact:clog,+ ] [ overload, noun.artifact:overload,+ ] fill1,@ frames: 8,11 (fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details") }
{ [ brim, noun.artifact:brim1,+ ] fill1,@ frames: 8 (fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship") }
{ [ add, adj.all:additive4,+ noun.act:addition2,+ take_away,!] increase,@ frames: 8,11,20,21 (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table") }
{ gild_the_lily, paint_the_lily, add,@ frames: 2 (make unnecessary additions to what is already complete)}
{ adjoin1, add,@ frames: 8 (attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter")}
{ work_in, add,@ frames: 8 (add by mixing or blending on or attaching; "work in the butter and the dough will get the right consistency"; "In his speech, the presidential candidate worked in a lot of learned words")}
{ [add_on, noun.artifact:add-on,+ ] add,@ frames: 8 (make an addition; "Let's add on to this") }
{ [ include, noun.act:inclusion,+ ] add,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group") }
{ [ mix1, adj.all:mixable,+ noun.act:mix,+ noun.event:mix,+ noun.event:mixture,+ noun.act:mixture,+ noun.act:mixing,+ ] mix_in1, add,@ frames: 8 (add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the drink") }
{ dash1, mix1,@ frames: 8 (add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white") }
{ put_on, add,@ frames: 8,21 (add to something existing; "She put on a sun room") }
{ [ butylate, noun.substance:butyl,+ ] add,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound) }
{ put_on1, add,@ frames: 8 (add to the odometer; "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip") }
{ [ iodize, noun.process:iodination,+ noun.substance:iodine,+ ] [ iodise, noun.process:iodination,+ noun.substance:iodine,+ ] treat1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (treat with iodine; "iodize salt") }
{ [ nitrate10, noun.substance:nitric_acid,+ noun.substance:nitrate,+ ] treat1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol")}
{ [ tank, noun.artifact:tank,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse") }
{ [ oxygenate, noun.substance:oxygen,+ noun.process:oxygenation,+ ] [ oxygenize, noun.substance:oxygen,+ ] oxygenise, [ aerate1, noun.act:aeration,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood") }
{ [ mercerize, noun.person:mercer1,+ ] mercerise, treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize cotton") }
{ [ back1, noun.artifact:back3,+ noun.artifact:backing,+ ] strengthen,@ frames: 8 (strengthen by providing with a back or backing) }
{ [ malt3, noun.food:malt1,+ noun.food:malt3,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with malt or malt extract; "malt beer") }
{ [ fluoridate, noun.substance:fluoride,+ noun.act:fluoridation,+ ] [ fluoridize, noun.act:fluoridization,+ noun.substance:fluoride,+ ] [ fluoridise, noun.act:fluoridisation,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride; "fluoridized water"; "fluoridize the teeth of children") }
{ [ creosote, noun.substance:creosote1,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with creosote; "creosoted wood") }
{ [ chlorinate, noun.substance:chlorine,+ noun.process:chlorination,+ noun.act:chlorination,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat or combine with chlorine; "chlorinated water") }
{ [ carbonate, noun.substance:carbon_dioxide,+ noun.process:carbonation,+ noun.substance:carbonate,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks") }
{ [ camphorate, noun.substance:camphor,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with camphor) }
{ [ bromate, noun.substance:bromine,+ ] [ brominate, noun.substance:bromine,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with bromine) }
{ [ ammoniate, noun.substance:ammonia1,+ noun.substance:ammonia,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with ammonia) }
{ inject, add,@ frames: 21 (to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance") }
{ [ welt, noun.artifact:welt,+ ] add,@ frames: 8 (put a welt on; "welt the shoes") }
{ [ insert, noun.act:insertion,+ noun.artifact:insert,+ ] [ enclose, noun.communication:enclosure,+ ] [ inclose, noun.act:inclosure,+ ] stick_in, put_in, [ introduce3, noun.act:introduction,+ ] verb.contact:put,@ frames: 8,11,21 (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing; "Insert your ticket here") }
{ plug2, insert,@ frames: 21 (insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle")}
{ plug3, plug2,$ insert,@ frames: 8 (insert a plug into; "plug the wall")}
{ plug4, insert,@ frames: 8 (replace the center of a coin with a baser metal; "plug a nickle")}
{ inoculate, introduce3,@ frames: 8,21 (introduce a microorganism into) }
{ seed, inoculate,@ frames: 8 (inoculate with microorganisms) }
{ [ inset, noun.artifact:inset1,+ noun.artifact:inset,+ ] insert,@ frames: 21 (set or place in) }
{ [ glass1, noun.quantity:glass,+ noun.artifact:glass4,+ noun.artifact:glass,+ ] insert,@ frames: 8 (put in a glass container) }
{ [ catheterize, noun.artifact:catheter,+ ] [ catheterise, noun.act:catheterization,+ noun.artifact:catheter,+ ] introduce3,@ frames: 8 (insert a catheter into (a body part); "catheterize the patient's bladder") }
{ launder, convert2,@ frames: 8 (convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones) }
{ [ cup1, noun.quantity:cup1,+ noun.artifact:cup,+ ] insert,@ frames: 8 (put into a cup; "cup the milk") }
{ [ intersperse, noun.act:interspersion,+ ] interlard, insert,@ frames: 21 (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions) }
{ interleave, intersperse,@ frames: 8,21 (intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations) }
{ [ feed1, noun.artifact:feeder,+ ] feed_in, introduce3,@ frames: 21,31 (introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor")}
{ slip4, insert,@ frames: 21 (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand") }
{ foist1, insert,@ frames: 21 (insert surreptitiously or without warrant) }
{ intercalate, add,@ frames: 8 (insert (days) in a calendar) }
{ [ punctuate, noun.communication:punctuation,+ noun.act:punctuation,+ ] mark8, add,@ frames: 8 (insert punctuation marks into) }
{ [ concatenate, noun.act:concatenation,+ ] add,@ frames: 8 (add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series; "concatenate terms"; "concatenate characters") }
{ [ string, noun.group:string,+ ] string_up, add,@ frames: 8 (add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical") }
{ flick, remove,@ frames: 21 (remove with a flick (of the hand))}
{ [ activate, noun.substance:activator,+ noun.act:activation1,+ inactivate,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make active or more active; "activate an old file") }
{ [ activate1, noun.process:activation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11 (make (substances) radioactive) }
{ [ activate2, noun.process:activation,+ ] [ aerate, noun.substance:air,+ noun.artifact:aerator,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11,8 (aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter) }
{ biodegrade, decompose1,@ frames: 1 (break down naturally through the action of biological agents; "Plastic bottles do not biodegrade")}
{ [ activate3, noun.process:activation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more adsorptive; "activate a metal") }
{ [ inactivate, noun.process:inactivation,+ activate,! ] [ deactivate, noun.act:deactivation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make inactive; "they deactivated the file") }
{ [ deactivate1, noun.act:deactivation1,+ ] verb.competition:discharge,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service")}
{ reactivate, activate,@ frames: 8,10,11 (activate (an old file) anew) }
{ [ deaden1, noun.act:deadening,+ enliven,! ] blunt2, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound") }
{ obtund, deaden1,@ frames: 11 (reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes") }
{ petrify1, deaden1,@ frames: 11 (cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking") }
{ jazz_up, juice_up, pep_up, ginger_up, enliven,@ frames: 8,11 (make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper") }
{ [ enliven, noun.object:enlivener,+ deaden1,! ] liven, liven_up, [ invigorate, noun.attribute:invigoration,+ noun.act:invigoration,+ ] [ animate, noun.person:animator1,+ ] verb.body:stimulate,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit") }
{ [ spirit, noun.attribute:spirit2,+ noun.state:spirit1,+ noun.state:spirit,+ ] spirit_up, inspirit, animate,@ frames: 9,10 (infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up") }
{ [ deaden, noun.act:deadening,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor) }
{ [ compound, noun.cognition:compound,+ noun.act:compounding,+ ] [ combine2, noun.group:combination,+ noun.act:combination1,+ noun.event:combine,+ noun.act:combining,+ ] add,@ frames: 8,11 (put or add together; "combine resources") }
{ totalize, totalise, combine2,@ frames: 8,11 (make into a total; "Can we totalize these different ideas into one philosophy?") }
{ [ recombine3, noun.event:recombination1,+ ] combine2,@ frames: 8,11 (to combine or put together again)}
{ strip1, milk,@ frames: 8 (draw the last milk (of cows)) }
{ [ milk, noun.body:milk,+ noun.food:milk1,+ ] verb.motion:draw,@ frames: 8 (take milk from female mammals; "Cows need to be milked every morning") }
{ [ milk1, noun.food:milk2,+ noun.body:milk,+ noun.food:milk1,+ ] milk,$ add,@ frames: 8 (add milk to; "milk the tea")}
{ [ strip2, noun.substance:stripper,+ noun.act:stripping,+ ] dismantle, remove,@ frames: 8 (take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper") }
{ strip3, remove,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (remove a constituent from a liquid) }
{ strip4, verb.contact:smooth,@ frames: 8,11 (remove the thread (of screws)) }
{ [ denude, noun.act:denudation,+ ] bare, denudate, strip5, clear1,@ frames: 8,11 (lay bare; "denude a forest") }
{ clear-cut, clear1,@ frames: 8 (remove all the trees at one time; "clear-cut an acre of forest")}
{ [ stump, noun.plant:stump,+ ] clear1,@ frames: 8 (remove tree stumps from; "stump a field")}
{ [ clear1, noun.location:clear,+ noun.location:clearing,+ ] clear2,$ remove,@ frames: 8 (remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road") }
{ [ clear9, noun.location:clear,+ noun.location:clearing,+ ] clear1,$ verb.creation:make,@ frames: 8 (make a way or path by removing objects; "Clear a path through the dense forest") }
{ [ defoliate, noun.process:defoliation,+ noun.act:defoliation,+ noun.substance:defoliant,+ noun.animal:defoliator,+ ] denude,@ frames: 8 (strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides")}
{[ deforest, noun.state:deforestation,+ noun.act:deforestation,+ ] [ disforest, noun.act:disforestation,+ ] disafforest, clear1,@ frames: 8,11 (remove the trees from; "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks")}
{ burn_off, bare,@ frames: 8 (clear land of its vegetation by burning it off) }
{ [ burn3, adj.all:combustible^burnable,+ noun.attribute:burn,+ noun.act:burn,+ ] damage,@ frames: 9,10 (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress") }
{ [ frost, noun.phenomenon:frost,+ ] damage,@ frames: 11 (damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown")}
{ [ scald, noun.act:scald,+ noun.state:scald,+ ] burn3,@ frames: 9,10,11,8 (burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out") }
{ declaw, take_off,@ frames: 8 (remove the claws from; "declaw a cat") }
{ defang, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the fangs from; "defang the poisonous snake") }
{ dehorn, take_off,@ frames: 8 (take the horns off (an animal)) }
{ disbud, dehorn,@ frames: 8 (destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)) }
{ [ bone, noun.substance:bone,+ ] debone, remove,@ noun.Tops:animal,;c frames: 8 (remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it") }
{ disembowel, [ eviscerate, noun.act:evisceration1,+ ] draw5, remove,@ frames: 8,9 (remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken") }
{ [ shell, noun.animal:shell1,+ noun.plant:shell,+ noun.person:sheller,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels")}
{ shuck3, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove from the shell; "shuck oysters")}
{ [ pod, noun.plant:pod,+ noun.plant:pod1,+ ] shell,@ frames: 8 (take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans") }
{ [ tusk, noun.substance:tusk,+ noun.animal:tusk,+ ] detusk, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant") }
{ dehorn1, remove,@ frames: 8 (prevent the growth of horns of certain animals) }
{ [ scalp, noun.body:scalp,+ ] remove,@ frames: 9 (remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped") }
{ lift3, scalp,@ frames: 8 (remove (hair) by scalping) }
{ [ moderate3, noun.attribute:moderation,+ ] slow_down2,@ frames: 8,11 (make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed") }
{ [ mitigate4, adj.all:moderating^mitigative,+ adj.all:moderating^mitigatory,+ adj.all:placable^mitigable,+ noun.communication:mitigation,+ ] lessen2,@ frames: 8,11 (make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances")}
{ relieve5, lighten3, mitigate4,@ frames: 8,11 (alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents") }
{ [ qualify2, noun.act:qualification,+ noun.communication:qualification,+ noun.cognition:quality,+ ] modify,@ frames: 8,11 (make more specific; "qualify these remarks") }
{ remodel, [ reconstruct, noun.act:reconstruction,+ ] redo, change1,@ frames: 8 (do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms") }
{ [ correct, noun.act:correction,+ falsify,! ] [ rectify2, noun.act:rectification,+ ] right, change_by_reversal,@ frames: 8,11 (make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation") }
{ [ rectify, noun.act:rectification,+ noun.person:rectifier,+ ] [ remediate, noun.act:remediation,+ ] [ remedy, noun.act:remedy,+ ] [ repair2, noun.act:reparation,+ ] [ amend1, adj.all:corrigible^amendable,+ ] correct,@ frames: 8,11 (set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight") }
{ [ debug, noun.communication:debugger,+ ] correct,@ frames: 8 (locate and correct errors in a computer program code; "debug this program") }
{ [ edit, noun.person:editor,+ noun.communication:editing,+ ] [ redact, noun.person:redact,+ noun.communication:redaction,+ noun.person:redactor,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages") }
{ edit2, blue-pencil, [ delete, noun.act:deletion,+ noun.communication:deletion,+ ] verb.cognition:censor,@ frames: 8 (cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes")}
{ [ bowdlerize, noun.act:bowdlerization1,+ noun.act:bowdlerization,+ noun.person:bowdlerizer,+ ] [ bowdlerise, noun.act:bowdlerisation1,+ noun.act:bowdlerisation,+ noun.person:bowdler,+ noun.person:bowdleriser,+ ] [ expurgate, noun.act:expurgation,+ noun.person:expurgator,+ ] [ castrate3, noun.act:castration2,+ ] shorten7, cut8,@ frames: 8 (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel") }
{ [ interpolate, noun.communication:interpolation,+ noun.act:interpolation,+ ] alter4, [ falsify3, noun.act:falsification2,+ noun.person:falsifier,+ ] edit,@ frames: 8 (insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby) }
{ hack, cut_up, edit,@ frames: 8 (significantly cut up a manuscript) }
{ edit1, [ cut7, noun.act:cutting3,+ ] edit_out, cut8,$ change1,@ frames: 8 (cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape") }
{ [black_out, noun.time:blackout,+] edit,@ frames: 8 (suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out") }
{ blank_out, edit,@ frames: 8 (cut out, as for political reasons; "several line in the report were blanked out") }
{ [ falsify, noun.act:falsification2,+ noun.state:falsity,+ noun.communication:falsity,+ noun.person:falsifier,+ correct,! ] change_by_reversal,@ frames: 8,11 (falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records") }
{ tame, chasten1, subdue, change1,@ frames: 9,10 (correct by punishment or discipline) }
{ break_in, break11, break12,$ break12,> tame4,@ frames: 8,9 (make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern") }
{ break12, change,@ frames: 2 (be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress") }
{ chasten, [ temper3, noun.feeling:temper1,+ noun.attribute:temper2,+ ] change1,@ frames: 9 (change by restraining or moderating) }
{ corrupt, [ spoil1, noun.act:spoliation1,+ ] modify,@ frames: 8 (alter from the original) }
{ [ pervert, noun.act:perversion,+ ] [ misuse, noun.act:misuse,+ ] [ abuse, noun.act:abuse1,+ ] verb.consumption:use,@ frames: 8 (change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers") }
{ abuse2, verb.consumption:use,@ frames: 8 (use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs")}
{ fracture1, misuse,@ frames: 8 (violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language") }
{ [ worsen, noun.process:worsening,+ better,! ] [ decline1, noun.state:decline,+ noun.process:declension,+ noun.state:declination,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1,2 (grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened") }
{ tumble1, decline1,@ frames: 1 (suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat) }
{ [ slip, noun.process:slippage1,+ ] [drop_off, noun.process:drop-off,+ ] drop_away, fall_away, worsen,@ frames: 1,2 (get worse; "My grades are slipping") }
{ [ lapse, noun.act:lapse1,+ ] [ backslide, noun.person:backslider,+ ] slip,@ frames: 1 (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards) }
{ suffer, worsen,@ frames: 1,4 (get worse; "His grades suffered") }
{ suffer2, lose3, suffer,$ worsen,@ frames: 1,2,4 (be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light")}
{ [ better, noun.event:betterment,+ noun.attribute:better1,+ worsen,! ] [ improve, noun.state:improvement,+ noun.event:improvement,+ ] [ ameliorate, adj.all:bettering^ameliorative,+ adj.all:bettering^amelioratory,+ noun.act:amelioration,+ ] [ meliorate, adj.all:bettering^meliorative,+ noun.state:melioration,+ noun.process:melioration,+ noun.act:melioration,+ ] improve1,$ change_state,@ frames: 1,2 (get better; "The weather improved toward evening") }
{ turn_around, pick_up, improve,@ frames: 1,2 (improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up") }
{ brisk, brisk_up, brisken, speed_up,@ frames: 1 (become brisk; "business brisked up") }
{ [ better1, noun.act:betterment,+ noun.attribute:better1,+ worsen1,! ] [ improve1, noun.act:improvement,+ noun.person:improver,+ noun.artifact:improver,+ ] [ amend, adj.all:corrigible^amendable,+ ] [ ameliorate1, adj.all:bettering^ameliorative,+ adj.all:bettering^amelioratory,+ noun.act:amelioration,+ ] [ meliorate1, adj.all:bettering^meliorative,+ noun.state:melioration,+ noun.act:melioration,+ ] improve,> change1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes") }
{ turn_around12, improve1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math")}
{ [ help13, noun.attribute:help,+ noun.act:help,+ ] better1,@ frames: 11 (improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture") }
{ [ upgrade, noun.artifact:upgrade,+ noun.communication:upgrade,+ ] better1,@ frames: 8 (to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel") }
{ [ condition, noun.state:condition,+ noun.act:conditioner,+ ] better1,@ frames: 8 (put into a better state; "he conditions old cars") }
{ recondition, condition,@ frames: 8 (bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances") }
{ [ degrade, noun.state:degradation,+ noun.act:degradation,+ ] cheapen, worsen1,@ frames: 8,11 (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth) }
{ emend, improve1,@ frames: 8 (make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition") }
{ iron_out, straighten_out1, put_right, improve1,@ frames: 8 (settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements") }
{ [ worsen1, noun.act:worsening,+ better1,! ] [ aggravate, noun.act:aggravation1,+ ] [ exacerbate, noun.act:exacerbation1,+ ] exasperate, change1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain") }
{ [ deteriorate, noun.state:deterioration,+ noun.process:deterioration,+ ] decay,@ frames: 1 (become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated") }
{ go_to_pot, go_to_the_dogs, deteriorate,@ frames: 1 (become ruined; "His business went to pot when economy soured")}
{ [ decay, noun.state:decay,+ noun.phenomenon:decay,+ noun.person:decadent,+ ] crumble13, dilapidate, change,@ frames: 1,2 (fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay") }
{ [ decompose, noun.process:decomposition1,+ ] break_up2, [ break_down9, noun.process:breakdown,+ ] verb.contact:separate2,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 9,11 (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)}
{ [digest4, noun.process:digestion1,+ ] break_down9,@ frames: 8,11 (soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture )}
{ [ dissociate10, noun.process:dissociation,+ ] break_up2,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions") }
{ [ decompose1, noun.process:decomposition,+ noun.phenomenon:decomposition,+ ] [ rot, noun.process:rot,+ noun.state:rot,+ noun.process:rotting,+ ] molder, moulder, decay2,@ frames: 1,11 (break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat") }
{ hang, decompose1,@ frames: 1,11 (suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days") }
{ [ spoil, noun.process:spoilage,+ noun.process:spoiling,+ ] go_bad, decay2,@ frames: 1 (become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils") }
{ [ smut1, noun.plant:smut,+ noun.state:smut,+ ] mildew,@ frames: 1 (become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten") }
{ addle, spoil,@ frames: 1 (become rotten; "addled eggs") }
{ [ mold, noun.plant:mold,+ noun.process:mold,+ ] [ mildew, noun.plant:mildew,+ noun.process:mildew,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,11 (become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house") }
{ dry-rot, mold,@ frames: 1,11 (affect or be affected with dry rot) }
{ exsiccate, [ dehydrate, noun.state:dehydration1,+ noun.state:dehydration,+ noun.process:dehydration,+ hydrate,! ] dry_up, [ desiccate, noun.state:desiccation,+ noun.substance:desiccant,+ ] dry1,@ frames: 1,2 (lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly") }
{ [ dehydrate1, noun.state:dehydration1,+ noun.state:dehydration,+ noun.process:dehydration,+ ] [ desiccate5, noun.state:desiccation,+ noun.process:desiccation,+ ] dry1,@ frames: 8,11 (remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me")}
{ tumble3, verb.contact:toss,@ frames: 8 (put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry") }
{ freeze-dry, dehydrate,* preserve,@ frames: 8 (preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries") }
{ [ conserve, noun.food:conserve,+ ] preserve,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8 (preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard")}
{ [ lyophilize, noun.process:lyophilization,+ ] [ lyophilise, noun.process:lyophilisation,+ ] freeze-dry,@ frames: 8 (to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum) }
{ [ preserve, adj.all:protective^preservative,+ noun.food:preserve,+ noun.person:preserver2,+ ] keep10, verb.stative:keep3,$ verb.creation:prepare1,@ frames: 8 (prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh") }
{ [ dehydrate2, noun.state:dehydration,+ noun.process:dehydration,+ ] [ desiccate4, noun.state:desiccation,+ noun.process:desiccation,+ ] preserve,@ frames: 8 (preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip")}
{ [ tin2, noun.substance:tin,+ noun.act:tinning1,+ ] verb.contact:plate,@ frames: 8 (prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface)}
{ [ pickle, noun.food:pickle,+ ] preserve,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (preserve in a pickling liquid) }
{ [ salt, noun.cognition:salt,+ noun.food:salt,+ noun.person:salter1,+ ] preserve,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships") }
{ [ marinade, noun.food:marinade,+ ] [ marinate, noun.food:marinade,+ ] steep,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (soak in marinade; "marinade herring") }
{ decoct1, steep,@ frames: 8 (steep in hot water) }
{ [ can, noun.artifact:can,+ noun.artifact:cannery,+ ] [ tin, noun.artifact:tin,+ noun.artifact:tin1,+ ] put_up, preserve,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty") }
{ [ hydrate, noun.process:hydration,+ noun.substance:hydrate,+ dehydrate,! ] humidify,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin") }
{ [ hydrate2, noun.process:hydration,+ ] hydrate,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become hydrated and combine with water)}
{ hydrate3, hydrate,$ verb.possession:supply,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently")}
{ [ slack6, noun.substance:slack,+ ] slake3, hydrate,@ frames: 8 (cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime") }
{ air-slake, slake3,@ frames: 8 (alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate; "air-slake lime") }
{ [ wet, noun.state:wet,+ noun.person:wetter,+ noun.act:wetting,+ dry1,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to become wet; "Wet your face") }
{ bedew, wet,@ frames: 11,8 (cover with drops of dew or as with dew) }
{ spin-dry, dry1,@ frames: 8 (dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces) }
{ tumble_dry, dry1,@ frames: 8 (dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder; "These fabrics are delicate and cannot be tumbled dry")}
{ spray-dry, dry1,@ frames: 8 (dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas) }
{ [ humidify, noun.state:humidity,+ dehumidify,! ] [ moisturize, noun.state:moisture,+ ] [ moisturise, noun.state:moisture,+ ] moisten,@ frames: 11 (make (more) humid; "We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house") }
{ [ dehumidify, humidify,! ] dry1,@ frames: 11 (make less humid; "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer") }
{ drench, douse, dowse, [ soak1, noun.phenomenon:soaker,+ noun.act:soaking1,+ ] sop1, [ souse1, noun.act:souse,+ noun.act:sousing,+ ] wet,@ frames: 8,10,11 (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face") }
{ [ brine, noun.substance:brine,+ noun.food:brine,+ ] soak1,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (soak in brine) }
{ bedraggle, draggle, soak1,@ frames: 10 (make wet and dirty, as from rain) }
{ bate, soak1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins") }
{ ret, soak1,@ frames: 8 (place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue) }
{ [ flood, noun.phenomenon:flood,+ verb.communication:flood_out,^ ] verb.contact:cover1,@ frames: 11 (cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes") }
{ [ flow, noun.object:flowage,+ noun.act:flowage,+ ] flood,@ frames: 8,11 (cover or swamp with water) }
{ lave1, lap2, wash8, flow,@ frames: 11 (wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore")}
{ [ inundate, noun.phenomenon:inundation,+ ] [ deluge, noun.phenomenon:deluge1,+ noun.phenomenon:deluge,+ ] [ submerge2, adj.all:submersible,+ adj.all:submergible,+ noun.event:submerging,+ noun.event:submergence,+ ] flood,@ frames: 11 (fill or cover completely, usually with water) }
{ [ moisten, noun.artifact:moistener,+ noun.state:moisture,+ noun.act:moistening,+ ] wash6, [ dampen1, noun.artifact:dampener,+ noun.act:dampening,+ ] wet,@ frames: 8,11 (make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows") }
{ moil, verb.contact:smear2,@ frames: 8,11 (moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter") }
{ parch, sear2, dry1,@ frames: 11 (cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth") }
{ [ dry1, noun.substance:drier,+ noun.artifact:drier,+ wet,! ] dry_out5, dry,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair")}
{ rough-dry, dry1,@ frames: 8 (dry without smoothing or ironing; "rough-dry the laundry") }
{ [ lubricate2, noun.state:lubrication,+ noun.act:lubrication,+ noun.substance:lubricant,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant; "lubricate the key")}
{ blow-dry, dry1,@ frames: 1 (dry hair with a hair dryer) }
{ drip-dry, dry1,@ frames: 8 (dry by hanging up wet) }
{ [ dry, noun.substance:drier,+ noun.artifact:drier,+ ] dry_out, change,@ frames: 1 (become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun") }
{ scorch4, dry,@ frames: 1,4 (become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun")}
{ [ lock, unlock,! ] engage,@ frames: 1 (become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise") }
{ [ unlock, verb.contact:lock,! ] disengage,@ frames: 1 (become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside") }
{ [ engage, noun.event:engagement,+ disengage,! ] verb.contact:touch,@ frames: 1 (get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged") }
{ [ disengage, noun.act:disengagement2,+ engage,! ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage") }
{ [ strengthen, noun.event:strengthening,+ weaken,! ] change,@ frames: 1,2 (gain strength; "His body strengthened") }
{ [ attenuate, noun.event:attenuation,+ noun.artifact:attenuator,+ ] weaken,@ frames: 1 (become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude) }
{ [ strengthen1, noun.artifact:strengthener,+ noun.act:strengthening,+ weaken1,! ] beef_up, [ fortify1, noun.cognition:fortification,+ noun.act:fortification,+ ] strengthen,> change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries") }
{ substantiate2, strengthen1,@ frames: 11,8 (solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country")}
{ restrengthen, strengthen1,@ frames: 8,10,9,11 (make strong again) }
{ undergird, brace_up, strengthen1,@ frames: 11 (make secure underneath; "undergird the ship") }
{ confirm, strengthen1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!") }
{ [ sandbag, noun.artifact:sandbag,+ ] strengthen,@ frames: 8 (protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; "The residents sandbagged the beach front") }
{ spike, [ lace, noun.food:lacing,+ ] [ fortify, noun.act:fortification,+ ] change1,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8,11 (add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!") }
{ [ fortify2, noun.act:fortification,+ ] add,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8,11 (add nutrients to; "fortified milk") }
{ [ reinforce, noun.artifact:reinforcement,+ noun.act:reinforcement1,+ ] [ reenforce, noun.act:reenforcement,+ ] strengthen1,@ frames: 8,11 (make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete")}
{ buttress, strengthen1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis") }
{ [ buttress1, noun.artifact:buttress,+ ] reinforce,@ frames: 8 (reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church")}
{ line1, reinforce,@ frames: 8 (reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring") }
{ back, back_up, verb.cognition:substantiate,@ frames: 8,11 (establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?") }
{ vouch, verb.cognition:substantiate,@ frames: 8 (give supporting evidence; "He vouched his words by his deeds") }
{ bolster1, bolster_up, reinforce,@ frames: 8,11 (support and strengthen; "bolster morale") }
{ [ weaken, noun.event:weakening,+ strengthen,! ] decrease,@ frames: 1,2 (become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days") }
{ melt10, disappear10, evaporate3, weaken,@ frames: 1,4 (become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance")}
{ die_down2, weaken,@ frames: 1,2 (become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down") }
{ die2, noun.cognition:religion,;c frames: 2 (suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die") }
{ [ collapse, noun.event:collapse1,+ ] weaken,@ frames: 1 (lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed") }
{ [ fade2, noun.act:fade,+ ] melt5, weaken,@ frames: 1 (become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk") }
{ [ weaken1, noun.object:weakener,+ noun.act:weakening,+ strengthen1,! ] weaken,> change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body") }
{ depress, weaken1,@ frames: 11 (lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy") }
{ unbrace, weaken1,@ frames: 10,8,11 (remove a brace or braces from) }
{ [ etiolate1, noun.act:etiolation1,+ ] weaken1,@ frames: 10,11 (make weak by stunting the growth or development of) }
{ cripple, stultify, weaken1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work") }
{ [ dilute, noun.substance:dilution,+ noun.act:dilution,+ noun.substance:dilutant,+ ] [ thin2, noun.substance:thinner,+ noun.act:thinning,+ ] thin_out2, reduce9, [ cut5, noun.act:cutting4,+ ] weaken1,@ frames: 8,1,11 (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon") }
{ [ rarefy, noun.event:rarefaction,+ ] [ attenuate1, noun.attribute:attenuation,+ ] weaken1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)) }
{ [ intensify, noun.attribute:intensity,+ noun.act:intensification,+ ] deepen, increase,@ frames: 1 (become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan") }
{ build10, intensify,@ frames: 1 (develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera") }
{ redouble1, intensify,@ frames: 1 (make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled") }
{ [ intensify1, noun.attribute:intensity,+ noun.act:intensification,+ noun.communication:intensifier,+ ] compound1, heighten4, deepen1, intensify,> increase,@ frames: 8,11 (make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions") }
{ heat_up4, hot_up1, screw_up, intensify1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up") }
{ fan, intensify1,@ frames: 8,11 (make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred") }
{ blunt, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less sharp; "blunt the knives") }
{ blunt1, weaken1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less intense; "blunted emotions") }
{ bloody, verb.contact:cover1,@ frames: 8,11 (cover with blood; "bloody your hands") }
{ [ water, noun.substance:water,+ noun.person:waterer1,+ noun.act:watering,+ ] [ irrigate, noun.act:irrigation,+ ] wet,@ frames: 8,11 (supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields") }
{ [ hose, noun.artifact:hose1,+ ] hose_down, water,@ frames: 8,9 (water with a hose; "hose the lawn") }
{ [ sprinkle, noun.act:sprinkle,+ noun.artifact:sprinkler,+ noun.act:sprinkling2,+ ] sparge, besprinkle, wet,@ frames: 8,11 (scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn") }
{ [ moonshine, noun.food:moonshine,+ noun.person:moonshiner,+ ] distill2,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 2 (distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine) }
{ [ distill1, noun.substance:distillate,+ noun.process:distillment,+ noun.substance:distillation,+ noun.process:distillation,+ noun.artifact:distillery,+ ] distil1, distill2,$ distill3,$ change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (undergo the process of distillation) }
{ [ distill2, noun.substance:distillate,+ noun.substance:distillation,+ noun.process:distillation,+ noun.artifact:distillery,+ ] [ extract, adj.all:removable^extractible,+ noun.process:extraction,+ ] distil2, verb.creation:create,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound") }
{ [ enhance, adj.all:intensifying^enhancive,+ ] heighten, raise, intensify1,@ frames: 8,11 (increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension") }
{ [ potentiate, noun.process:potentiation,+ ] enhance,@ noun.artifact:drug,;c frames: 11 (increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon); "potentiate the drug")}
{ [ enhance1, adj.all:aesthetic^enhancive,+ noun.act:enhancement,+ noun.cognition:enhancer,+ ] improve1,@ frames: 8,11 (make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat")}
{ [follow_up1, noun.act:follow-up,+ noun.act:followup,+ noun.act:follow-up1,+ noun.act:followup1,+ ] enhance1,@ frames: 8 (increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation")}
{ touch_up, retouch, enhance1,@ noun.act:photography,;c frames: 8 (alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!") }
{ [ grow, noun.process:growth2,+ verb.social:grow_up,^ ] increase,@ frames: 1,2 (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast") }
{ [ vegetate4, noun.body:vegetation,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1 (grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed")}
{ mushroom, grow,@ frames: 1 (grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed") }
{ [ grow2, noun.process:growth,+ noun.process:growing,+ ] grow1,$ develop,@ frames: 1,4 (increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore") }
{ undergrow, grow2,@ frames: 11 (grow below something; "The moss undergrew the stone patio") }
{ exfoliate, grow2,@ frames: 1 (grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate") }
{ [ vegetate, noun.process:vegetation,+ ] grow2,@ frames: 1 (grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously") }
{ [ vegetate1, noun.process:vegetation,+ ] grow2,@ frames: 1 (produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously") }
{ [ vegetate2, noun.group:vegetation,+ ] grow1,@ frames: 8 (establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house") }
{ overgrow1, grow_over, grow,@ frames: 11 (grow beyond or across; "The ivy overgrew the patio") }
{ overgrow2, change_state,@ frames: 1 (become overgrown; "The patio overgrew with ivy") }
{ [ subside, noun.event:subsidence2,+ ] lessen1, weaken,@ frames: 1 (wear off or die down; "The pain subsided") }
{ pare, pare_down, decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (decrease gradually or bit by bit) }
{ reduce1, tighten3, restrict,@ frames: 8,11 (narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners") }
{ [ restrain1, noun.person:restrainer,+ noun.act:restraint,+ ] keep11, keep_back, hold_back, frames: 8,21 (prevent the action or expression of; "hold back your anger"; "keep your cool"; "she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays") }
{ [ restrict, adj.all:restrictive,+ noun.act:restriction1,+ noun.act:restriction,+ ] [ trammel, noun.artifact:trammel,+ ] [ limit1, noun.artifact:limiter,+ noun.attribute:limit,+ noun.time:limitation,+ noun.cognition:limitation,+ noun.attribute:limitation,+ noun.act:limitation,+ ] [ bound, noun.shape:bound,+ noun.location:bound,+ ] confine, throttle1, frames: 8,20,21,11 (place limits on (extent or amount or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends") }
{ develop12, expand12,@ noun.cognition:mathematics,;c frames: 8 (expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form") }
{ [ tie1, noun.state:tie1,+ ] restrict,@ frames: 20,21 (limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports") }
{ gate, restrict,@ frames: 9 (restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment) }
{ draw_the_line, draw_a_line, restrict,@ frames: 2 (reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!") }
{ mark_off, mark_out, limit1,@ frames: 8 (set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory") }
{ rule, harness, [ rein, noun.attribute:rein,+ ] keep11,@ frames: 11 (keep in check; "rule one's temper") }
{ [ baffle, noun.artifact:baffle,+ ] regulate1, restrain1,@ frames: 8 (restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)) }
{ [ carry5, noun.act:carry,+ ] extend6, extend2,$ continue10,@ frames: 4 (continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces")}
{ [ limit, noun.attribute:limit,+ noun.time:limitation,+ noun.cognition:limitation,+ noun.attribute:limitation,+ noun.act:limitation,+ ] [ circumscribe, noun.act:circumscription,+ ] confine_to, decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (restrict or confine within limits; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"; "please confine your questions to the topic"; "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born")}
{ hold_down, limit,@ frames: 8 (restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep")}
{ [ number, noun.communication:number1,+ noun.communication:number2,+ noun.quantity:number,+ noun.attribute:number,+ ] keep_down, limit,@ frames: 8,11 (place a limit on the number of) }
{ [ cap, noun.communication:cap,+ ] limit,@ frames: 8,11 (restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club") }
{ [ hamper, noun.artifact:hamper1,+ ] halter, cramp, strangle, restrict,@ frames: 11,10 (prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries") }
{ [ restrict2, adj.all:restrictive,+ noun.act:restriction,+ ] curtail, [ curb, noun.act:curb,+ ] cut_back, limit,@ frames: 8,11,10 (place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school") }
{ abridge1, curtail,@ frames: 8,11 (lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression")}
{ reduce2, boil_down, [ concentrate, noun.event:concentration,+ noun.act:concentration1,+ noun.food:concentrate,+ ] decrease1,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time") }
{ boil_down1, reduce10, decoct2, [ concentrate3, noun.event:concentration,+ noun.act:concentration1,+ noun.food:concentrate,+ ] decrease,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1 (be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup") }
{ [ concentrate1, noun.event:concentration,+ noun.attribute:concentration2,+ noun.act:concentration1,+ noun.substance:concentrate,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 8 (make denser, stronger, or purer; "concentrate juice") }
{ [ reduce11, adj.all:reducible,+ ] come_down, boil_down3, verb.stative:become1,@ frames: 4 (be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise") }
{ [ deoxidize, oxidize,! ] deoxidise, [ reduce3, noun.substance:reducer,+ noun.substance:reductant,+ noun.process:reducing,+ ] change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons) }
{ benficiate, reduce3,@ frames: 8 (subject to a reduction process; "benficiate ores")}
{ [ crack8, noun.process:cracking,+ ] change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked")}
{ [ crack7, noun.process:cracking,+ ] crack8,> break_up2,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking)}
{ [ catabolize, noun.process:catabolism,+ ] catabolise, oxidize,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (subject to catabolism) }
{ [ oxidize, noun.process:oxidization,+ noun.substance:oxidizer,+ noun.substance:oxidant,+ noun.substance:oxide,+ deoxidize,! ] [ oxidise, noun.process:oxidisation,+ noun.substance:oxidiser,+ noun.substance:oxidant,+ noun.substance:oxide,+ deoxidise,! ] [ oxidate, adj.all:aerobic^oxidative,+ noun.process:oxidation,+ ] change1,@ change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen) }
{ [ oxidise1, noun.process:oxidisation,+ ] [ oxidize1, noun.process:oxidization,+ ] [ oxidate1, adj.all:aerobic^oxidative,+ noun.process:oxidation,+ ] oxidize,$ change,@ frames: 1 (enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily")}
{ [ rust2, noun.process:rust,+ noun.substance:rust,+ ] oxidize,$ oxidize1,@ frames: 1 (become coated with oxide)}
{ breathe3, oxidize,@ frames: 1 (reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours")}
{ [ pole, noun.artifact:pole,+ ] deoxidize,@ noun.cognition:metallurgy,;c frames: 8 (deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole) }
{ [ reduce4, adj.all:reducible,+ noun.act:reduction,+ blow_up,! ] scale_down1, shrink1,@ frames: 8 (make smaller; "reduce an image") }
{ [ blow_up, noun.artifact:blowup,+ reduce4,! ] [ enlarge1, noun.artifact:enlargement,+ noun.artifact:enlarger,+ ] [ magnify1, noun.attribute:magnitude,+ noun.relation:magnification,+ noun.artifact:magnification,+ noun.artifact:magnifier,+ ] increase2,@ noun.act:photography,;c frames: 8 (make large; "blow up an image") }
{ [ shrink, noun.event:shrinkage,+ stretch,! ] [ contract4, noun.act:contraction,+ verb.motion:expand,!] decrease,@ frames: 1 (become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank") }
{ [ stretch, noun.act:stretch2,+ noun.attribute:stretch,+ shrink,! ] grow,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches") }
{ [ shrink1, noun.event:shrinkage,+ noun.event:shrinking,+ ] [ reduce5, noun.act:reduction,+ ] shrink,> decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?") }
{ reef1, reduce5,@ frames: 2 (reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef) }
{ [ miniaturize, noun.act:miniaturization,+ noun.artifact:miniature1,+ ] [ miniaturise, noun.act:miniaturisation,+ noun.artifact:miniature1,+ ] shrink1,@ frames: 8 (design or construct on a smaller scale) }
{ shrivel, shrivel_up, shrink2, wither, decrease,@ frames: 1 (wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled") }
{ blast3, shrivel,@ frames: 1 (shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly)}
{ [die_back, noun.state:dieback,+] die_down, shrivel,@ frames: 1 (suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back") }
{ [ mummify, noun.body:mummy,+ ] dry_up3, shrivel,@ frames: 1 (dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found") }
{ [ reduce6, adj.all:reducible,+ noun.act:reduction2,+ ] simplify,@ frames: 8,11 (make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question") }
{ [ consolidate, adj.all:integrative^consolidative,+ adj.all:centralizing^consolidative,+ noun.act:consolidation,+ ] unite,@ frames: 1 (unite into one; "The companies consolidated") }
{ [ consolidate1, adj.all:integrative^consolidative,+ adj.all:centralizing^consolidative,+ noun.act:consolidation,+ ] unite2,@ frames: 8,11 (bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated") }
{ weld, unite2,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him") }
{ [ unite2, noun.act:uniting1,+ ] [ unify1, noun.event:unification,+ ] [ merge2, noun.event:merger,+ noun.act:merger,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (join or combine; "We merged our resources") }
{ [ consubstantiate1, noun.cognition:consubstantiation,+ ] unite2,@ frames: 8,11 (unite in one common substance; "Thought is consubstantiated with the object")}
{ [ consubstantiate, noun.cognition:consubstantiation,+ ] consubstantiate1,$ unite,@ frames: 1 (become united in substance; "thought and the object consubstantiate")}
{ [ abbreviate, noun.communication:abbreviation,+ noun.person:abbreviator,+ ] reduce6,@ frames: 8 (shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'") }
{ [ abridge, noun.communication:abridgement,+ noun.person:abridger,+ ] foreshorten, [ abbreviate1, noun.person:abbreviator,+ ] [ shorten2, noun.object:shortener,+ ] cut8, [ contract5, noun.act:contraction,+ verb.communication:expand10,!] reduce8, decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened") }
{ foreshorten1, shorten1,@ frames: 8 (shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth) }
{ encapsulate, capsule, [ capsulize, noun.communication:capsule,+ ] [ capsulise, noun.communication:capsule,+ ] condense,@ frames: 21 (put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news") }
{ [ digest, noun.communication:digest,+ noun.communication:digest1,+ ] [ condense, noun.artifact:condenser,+ noun.communication:condensation,+ ] [ concentrate7, noun.act:concentration1,+ ] abridge,@ frames: 1,8,11 (make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary") }
{ telescope3, condense,@ frames: 8 (make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play")}
{ [ abate, noun.event:abatement1,+ ] [let_up, noun.time:letup,+] slack_off1, slack7, die_away, decrease,@ frames: 1 (become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours") }
{ slake, [ abate1, adj.all:stoppable^abatable,+ noun.person:abator,+ ] [ slack4, noun.process:slack,+ ] decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less active or intense) }
{ [ grow1, noun.process:growth,+ noun.person:grower,+ noun.process:growing,+ ] grow2,> develop1,@ frames: 8 (cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard") }
{ culture, grow1,@ frames: 8 (grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms" )}
{ [ rotate4, noun.attribute:rotation,+ ] verb.social:rotate,$ grow1,@ frames: 8 (plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil")}
{ twin, grow2,@ frames: 1 (grow as twins; "twin crystals") }
{ [ double, noun.cognition:double,+ noun.process:doubling,+ noun.act:doubling1,+ verb.competition:double_up,^ ] duplicate, multiply,@ frames: 1,8,11 (increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years") }
{ redouble2, double,@ frames: 1 (double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled") }
{ [ geminate, noun.communication:gemination,+ ] double,@ frames: 8 (arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words") }
{ [ triple, noun.cognition:triple,+ noun.artifact:triplicate,+ noun.process:tripling,+ ] treble, multiply,@ frames: 1,8,11 (increase threefold; "Triple your income!") }
{ [ pullulate1, noun.process:pullulation,+ ] increase,@ frames: 1 (become abundant; increase rapidly) }
{ [ quadruple, noun.artifact:quadruplicate,+ noun.process:quadrupling,+ noun.cognition:quadruple,+ ] multiply,@ frames: 1,8,11 (increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled") }
{ [ quintuple, noun.process:quintupling,+ ] multiply,@ frames: 1,8,11 (increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled")}
{ [ multiply, adj.all:increasing^multiplicative,+ noun.process:multiplication,+ noun.act:multiplication,+ ] manifold1, increase2,@ frames: 1,8,11 (combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits") }
{ [ manifold, noun.substance:manifold,+ ] verb.creation:copy1,@ frames: 8 (make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter") }
{ [ proliferate1, noun.process:proliferation1,+ noun.process:proliferation,+ ] proliferate,$ multiply,@ frames: 1 (cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms") }
{ [ senesce, adj.all:old2^senescent,+ ] [ age, noun.time:age,+ noun.time:age1,+ ] get_on3, [ mature1, noun.process:maturation,+ ] [ maturate1, noun.process:maturation,+ ] develop,@ frames: 1,2 (grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce") }
{ turn14, age,@ frames: 2 (become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this year")}
{ age1, develop,@ frames: 1,2 (begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast") }
{ [ progress, noun.act:progress1,+ regress,! ] come_on2, come_along1, [ advance, noun.event:advance1,+ noun.act:advance,+ ] get_on, get_along, shape_up, develop,@ frames: 1,2 (develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up") }
{ [ climb3, noun.person:climber1,+ ] progress,@ frames: 2,8 (improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder")}
{ leapfrog, progress,@ frames: 1,2 (progress by large jumps instead of small increments) }
{ [ regress, adj.all:regressive1,+ progress,! ] retrograde, [ retrogress, adj.all:regressive1^retrogressive,+ noun.act:retrogression,+ ] decline1,@ frames: 1,2,22 (get worse or fall back to a previous condition) }
{ fossilize2, [ fossilise2, noun.act:fossilisation,+ ] age,@ frames: 2 (become mentally inflexible) }
{ [ age2, noun.time:age1,+ rejuvenate,! ] age,> change1,@ frames: 10 (make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously") }
{ [ ripen, noun.process:ripening,+ ] mature,@ frames: 1 (grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July") }
{ [ ripen1, noun.process:ripening,+ ] [ mature4, noun.process:maturement,+ ] ripen,> change1,@ frames: 11 (cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine") }
{ [ mature, noun.process:maturement,+ noun.process:maturation1,+ ] [ maturate, noun.process:maturation1,+ ] [ grow4, noun.process:growth1,+ noun.process:growth,+ noun.process:growing,+ ] age,* develop,@ frames: 1,2 (develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast") }
{ grow14, change,@ frames: 2 (become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together") }
{ find_oneself, find13, mature,@ frames: 2 (accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself") }
{ [ rejuvenate, noun.act:rejuvenation,+ age2,! ] verb.body:regenerate,@ frames: 10 (make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him") }
{ [ evolve, noun.process:evolution1,+ noun.process:evolution,+ ] develop,@ frames: 1 (undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago") }
{ work_out, work_up3, elaborate1,$ develop1,@ frames: 8 (come up with; "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"; "We worked up an ad for our client") }
{ [ elaborate1, noun.act:elaboration,+ ] work_out1, develop1,@ frames: 8 (work out in detail; "elaborate a plan") }
{ [ derive, adj.all:derived^derivative,+ noun.location:derivation,+ ] educe, verb.creation:create,@ frames: 8 (develop or evolve from a latent or potential state)}
{ [ derive1, adj.all:derived^derivative,+ noun.process:derivation,+ noun.location:derivation,+ noun.communication:derivation1,+ noun.communication:deriving,+ ] verb.stative:come15,$ evolve,@ frames: 11 (come from; "The present name derives from an older form") }
{ [ develop, noun.process:development1,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1,2,4,22 (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time") }
{ [ adolesce, adj.all:young^adolescent,+ adj.all:immature1^adolescent,+ adj.pert:adolescent,+ noun.person:adolescent,+ noun.time:adolescence,+ noun.state:adolescence,+ ] develop,@ frames: 2 (become adolescent; pass through adolescence; "The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12")}
{ build_up, work_up, build, [ progress1, noun.act:progress1,+ ] build10,$ develop,@ frames: 1 (form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border") }
{ build_up6, work_up6, build5, ramp_up, build_up,$ increase2,@ frames: 11,8 (bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports") }
{ [ antique, noun.artifact:antique,+ ] [ antiquate, noun.artifact:antique,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture") }
{ antiquate1, change1,@ frames: 8 (make obsolete or old-fashioned) }
{ develop1, make_grow, develop,> grow,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple") }
{ [ incubate2, noun.time:incubation,+ noun.act:incubation,+ ] develop,@ frames: 1 (grow under conditions that promote development) }
{ [ mellow, noun.process:mellowing,+ ] soften,@ frames: 1,11 (make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit")}
{ [ mellow3, noun.process:mellowing,+ ] melt4, mellow_out, mellow1,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed") }
{ [ mellow1, noun.process:mellowing,+ ] mellow,> soften1,@ frames: 10,11 (soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years") }
{ [ soften, noun.process:softening,+ harden,! ] change,@ frames: 1 (become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it") }
{ [ encrust, noun.process:encrustation,+ noun.object:encrustation,+ ] [ incrust, noun.process:incrustation,+ noun.object:incrustation,+ ] harden,@ frames: 1 (form a crust or a hard layer) }
{ effloresce2, encrust,@ frames: 1 (become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation) }
{ [ soften1, noun.substance:softener,+ noun.process:softening,+ harden1,! ] soften,> change1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry") }
{ face-harden, harden1,@ frames: 8 (harden steel by adding carbon) }
{ [ callus, noun.state:callus1,+ ] harden,@ frames: 1 (form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused") }
{ [ callus1, noun.state:callus1,+ ] harden1,@ frames: 11 (cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his feet") }
{ mollify, soften1,@ frames: 8 (make less rigid or softer) }
{ balloon, [ inflate2, noun.act:inflation,+ ] billow, expand7,@ frames: 1,4 (become inflated; "The sails ballooned") }
{ reflate, inflate2,@ frames: 1 (become inflated again) }
{ [ bulge1, noun.shape:bulge,+ ] bulk, bulge,> swell1,@ frames: 11 (cause to bulge or swell outwards) }
{ [ swell, noun.state:swelling,+ ] swell_up, [ intumesce, noun.state:intumescency,+ noun.state:intumescence,+ ] [ tumefy, noun.process:tumefaction,+ ] [ tumesce, adj.all:unhealthy^tumescent,+ ] expand7,@ frames: 1 (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling") }
{ [ distend1, noun.state:distension,+ noun.act:distension,+ noun.act:distention,+ ] swell,@ frames: 1 (swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows")}
{ [ distend3, noun.act:distention,+ ] distend1,$ bloat1,@ frames: 11 (cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body")}
{ [ expand7, adj.all:expansive^expansible,+ adj.all:elastic^expansible,+ adj.all:expansive^expandible,+ adj.all:elastic^expandible,+ adj.all:expansive,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1 (become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly") }
{ [ belly, noun.body:belly2,+ ] belly_out, swell,@ frames: 1 (swell out or bulge out) }
{ swell1, swell,> grow1,@ frames: 11 (cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood") }
{ [ tumefy1, noun.process:tumefaction,+ ] swell1,@ frames: 11 (cause to become very swollen)}
{ [ bilge, noun.substance:bilge,+ noun.artifact:bilge,+ ] take_in_water, leak,@ frames: 1 (take in water at the bilge; "the tanker bilged") }
{ [ leak, noun.object:leak,+ noun.event:leak,+ noun.event:leakage,+ ] verb.contact:break,* frames: 1 (have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly") }
{ break7, change_state,@ frames: 1 (crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir") }
{ bilge1, bilge,> damage,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel") }
{ [ break6, noun.act:breakage,+ ] damage,@ frames: 8,11 (render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!") }
{ [ damage, noun.event:damage,+ noun.act:damage,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree") }
{ total, damage,@ frames: 8 (damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert")}
{ bruise, damage,@ noun.Tops:plant,;c frames: 8,11 (damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them")}
{ disturb4, damage,@ frames: 8,11 (damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!") }
{ [ afflict, adj.all:unpleasant^afflictive,+ noun.state:affliction2,+ ] smite, damage,@ frames: 8,11 (cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague") }
{ [ visit, noun.event:visitation1,+ ] afflict,@ frames: 8,11,10 (assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly")}
{ [ devastate1, noun.feeling:devastation,+ ] verb.emotion:overpower,@ frames: 10 (overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died") }
{ [ hurt4, noun.event:hurt1,+ ] injure4, damage,@ frames: 8,11 (cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition") }
{ [ repair, noun.act:repair,+ noun.act:reparation1,+ noun.person:repairer,+ verb.contact:break1,! ] [ mend, noun.act:mend,+ noun.person:mender,+ noun.act:mending,+ ] [ fix1, noun.act:fix,+ noun.act:fixture,+ noun.person:fixer1,+ noun.act:fixing,+ ] bushel, doctor1, furbish_up, [ restore1, noun.artifact:restoration,+ ] touch_on, improve1,@ frames: 8 (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please") }
{ tinker, [ fiddle, noun.person:fiddler1,+ ] repair,@ frames: 22 (try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend")}
{ [ fill2, noun.substance:fill,+ noun.substance:filler,+ noun.artifact:filling1,+ ] repair,@ frames: 8 (plug with a substance; "fill a cavity") }
{ [ piece, noun.artifact:piece,+ ] patch1, repair,@ frames: 8 (repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup") }
{ [ cobble, noun.act:cobbling,+ ] repair,@ frames: 8 (repair or mend; "cobble shoes") }
{ point9, repoint, repair,@ frames: 8 (repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney") }
{ [ overhaul, noun.act:overhaul,+ ] modernize, modernise, verb.creation:renew,@ repair,* frames: 8 (make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system") }
{ retrofit, verb.contact:retrofit,$ modernize,@ frames: 2 (substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes")}
{ trouble-shoot, troubleshoot, repair,@ frames: 2,8 (solve problems; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting") }
{ [ patch, noun.artifact:patch1,+ noun.act:patching,+ verb.communication:patch_up,^ ] patch_up, repair,@ frames: 8,31 (mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole") }
{ [ impair, noun.event:impairment,+ noun.object:impairer,+ ] damage,@ frames: 8,11 (make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired") }
{ [ flaw, noun.state:flaw1,+ noun.state:flaw,+ ] [ blemish, noun.attribute:blemish,+ ] damage,@ frames: 8,11 (add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective) }
{ [ bulge, noun.shape:bulge,+ ] pouch, [ protrude, adj.all:extensile^protrusible,+ adj.all:protrusive,+ noun.shape:protrusion,+ ] change_shape,@ frames: 1 (swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal") }
{ dish, shape,@ frames: 8 (make concave; shape like a dish) }
{ bulk1, bulge,@ frames: 1,4 (stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack") }
{ [ puff, noun.animal:puffer,+ ] puff_up1, blow_up2, puff_out, swell,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (to swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests") }
{ [ amplify1, noun.artifact:amplifier,+ ] intensify1,@ frames: 11,8 (increase the volume of; "amplify sound") }
{ [ inflate, adj.all:expansive^inflatable,+ noun.act:inflation,+ noun.artifact:inflater,+ noun.artifact:inflator,+ deflate,! ] blow_up4, expand12,@ frames: 8,11 (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons") }
{ reflate1, inflate,@ frames: 8 (inflate again; "reflate the balloon") }
{ inflate1, blow_up1, [ expand2, adj.all:expansive,+ ] amplify2, increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated") }
{ puff_up, inflate1,@ frames: 8,11 (make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up") }
{ [ deflate, noun.act:deflation,+ inflate,! ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated")}
{ [ acidify, noun.process:acidification,+ noun.substance:acid,+ alkalize,! ] [ acetify, noun.substance:acetum,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1,8,11 (turn acidic; "the solution acetified") }
{ [ alkalize, noun.substance:alkalizer,+ noun.substance:alkali,+ acidify,! ] alkalise, [ alkalify, noun.substance:alkali1,+ noun.substance:alkali,+ ] [ basify, noun.substance:base,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1,8,11 (turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized") }
{ [ reform, adj.all:helpful^reformative,+ noun.act:reform1,+ noun.act:reform,+ noun.person:reformist,+ noun.act:reformation1,+ noun.person:reformer,+ ] improve1,@ frames: 8 (make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system") }
{ [ reform8, noun.act:reform,+ noun.person:reformist,+ noun.state:reformation,+ ] reform,$ improve1,@ frames: 8 (improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country")}
{ [ reform1, noun.artifact:reformer,+ ] change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (break up the molecules of; "reform oil") }
{ reform2, verb.creation:create_from_raw_material,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (produce by cracking; "reform gas")}
{ [ polymerize, noun.process:polymerization,+ noun.substance:polymer,+ ] [ polymerise, noun.process:polymerisation,+ ] change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (undergo polymerization) }
{ [ copolymerize, noun.substance:copolymer,+ ] [ copolymerise, noun.substance:copolymer,+ ] polymerize,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (polymerize together; "the two substances copolymerized") }
{ [ polymerize2, noun.process:polymerization,+ noun.substance:polymer,+ ] [ polymerise2, noun.process:polymerisation,+ ] polymerize,> change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (cause (a compound) to polymerize) }
{ [ ionize, noun.state:ionization,+ noun.process:ionization,+ noun.object:ion,+ ] [ ionise, noun.state:ionisation,+ noun.process:ionisation,+ noun.object:ion,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:physical_chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (convert into ions) }
{ [ ionize1, noun.state:ionization,+ noun.process:ionization,+ ] [ ionise1, noun.state:ionisation,+ noun.process:ionisation,+ ] ionize,$ change,@ noun.cognition:physical_chemistry,;c frames: 1 (become converted into ions)}
{ [ ossify, noun.process:ossification2,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (become bony; "The tissue ossified") }
{ [ ossify1, noun.process:ossification2,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue")}
{ [ catalyze, noun.substance:catalyst,+ ] catalyse, change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (change by catalysis or cause to catalyze) }
{ [ dwindle, noun.event:dwindling,+ ] dwindle_away, dwindle_down, decrease,@ frames: 1 (become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down") }
{ turn_down, [ lower, noun.act:lowering,+ ] lour, decrease1,@ frames: 8 (make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio") }
{ [get_well, get_worse,! ] [get_over, frames: 8] bounce_back, improve,@ frames: 2 (improve in health; "He got well fast") }
{ [ get_worse, get_well,! ] [ relapse, noun.act:relapse,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 2 (deteriorate in health; "he relapsed") }
{ [ remit2, adj.all:decreased^remittent,+ noun.event:remission,+ noun.event:remittal,+ ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted")}
{ paralyze, paralyse, immobilize,@ frames: 8,11,10,9 (cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her") }
{ [ palsy, noun.state:palsy1,+ noun.state:palsy,+ ] paralyze,@ frames: 10 (affect with palsy) }
{ paralyze1, paralyse1, inactivate,@ frames: 8,11 (make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation") }
{ stun, [ stupefy, noun.act:stupefaction,+ ] immobilize,@ frames: 8,11,10,9 (make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish") }
{ [ immobilize, adj.all:immobile,+ noun.act:immobilization,+ noun.act:immobilizing,+ ] [ immobilise, noun.act:immobilisation,+ ] restrict2,@ frames: 8,10,11,9 (cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic") }
{ [ freeze3, noun.act:freeze2,+ unfreeze1,!] [block2, unblock,!] immobilize1, immobilise1, verb.possession:withhold,@ frames: 8 (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government") }
{ [unblock, block2,!] [unfreeze1, freeze3,!] free1, release, verb.social:issue,@ frames: 8 (make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account") }
{ immobilize3, immobilise3, convert4,@ frames: 8 (convert (assets) into fixed capital) }
{ mobilize, mobilise, verb.motion:move,> verb.motion:move1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to move around) }
{ [ mobilize2, noun.act:mobilization1,+ noun.act:mobilization,+ ] [ mobilise2, noun.act:mobilisation1,+ noun.act:mobilisation,+ ] marshal, summon, verb.contact:collect,@ frames: 8,9 (make ready for action or use; "marshal resources") }
{ [ acerbate, noun.attribute:acerbity2,+ noun.attribute:acerbity1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11 (make sour or bitter) }
{ mend1, [ heal, noun.process:healing,+ ] improve,@ frames: 2,1 (heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending") }
{ [ fluctuate, noun.attribute:fluctuation,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates") }
{ [ stabilize1, noun.act:stabilization,+ noun.substance:stabilizer,+ noun.artifact:stabilizer1,+ noun.artifact:stabilizer,+ destabilize,! ] [ stabilise1, noun.act:stabilisation,+ destabilise,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices") }
{ peg3, stabilize1,@ frames: 8 (stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar")}
{ [ ballast, noun.artifact:ballast,+ ] verb.contact:stabilize2,@ frames: 8,11 (make steady with a ballast) }
{ [ guy, noun.artifact:guy,+ ] verb.contact:steady,@ frames: 8 (steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing") }
{ [ destabilize, noun.event:destabilization,+ noun.act:destabilization,+ stabilize1,! ] [ destabilise, noun.act:destabilisation,+ stabilise1,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government") }
{ [ stabilize, destabilize1,! destabilise1,! ] [ stabilise, noun.act:stabilisation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,2 (become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized") }
{ [ destabilize1, noun.act:destabilization,+ stabilize,! ] [ destabilise1, noun.act:destabilisation,+ stabilize,! ] change,@ frames: 1,2 (become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly") }
{ [ sensitize, noun.process:sensitization,+ desensitize,! ] sensitise, [ sensify, noun.cognition:sense5,+ noun.cognition:sense2,+ ] sensibilize, sensibilise, change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11,20 (make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs") }
{ [ desensitize, noun.process:desensitization,+ sensitize,! ] [ desensitise, noun.process:desensitisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11,20 (make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him") }
{ inure, harden3, indurate4, habituate,@ frames: 9,20 (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold") }
{ callous, cauterize1, cauterise1, harden3,@ frames: 10 (make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals) }
{ steel_oneself_against, steel_onself_for, brace_oneself_for, prepare_for, harden3,@ frames: 8 (prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant) }
{ [ habituate, noun.state:habituation,+ noun.act:habituation,+ noun.act:habit1,+ ] accustom, change1,@ frames: 20 (make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music") }
{ [ teach, adj.all:tractable^teachable,+ noun.person:teacher,+ noun.cognition:teacher,+ ] accustom,@ frames: 24,11,8,9 (accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents") }
{ [ corrode, adj.all:destructive^corrosive,+ noun.state:corrosion,+ noun.process:corrosion,+ noun.process:corroding,+ ] [ rust, noun.process:rust,+ noun.substance:rust,+ ] corrode1,$ decay,@ frames: 1 (become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted")}
{ [ corrode1, adj.all:destructive^corrosive,+ noun.process:corrosion,+ noun.process:corroding,+ ] eat, [ rust1, noun.substance:rust,+ noun.process:rust,+ ] damage,@ frames: 11 (cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink") }
{ fret, eat_away1, corrode,@ frames: 11 (wear away or erode) }
{ [ erode, adj.all:destructive^erosive2,+ noun.state:erosion,+ noun.process:erosion,+ noun.process:eroding,+ ] eat_away, fret1, damage,@ frames: 11 (remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces") }
{ wash9, verb.motion:wash1,$ erode,@ frames: 11 (form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside")}
{ [ weather, noun.phenomenon:weather,+ ] decay,@ frames: 1,11 (change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut") }
{ [ erode1, adj.all:destructive^erosive1,+ noun.state:erosion,+ ] gnaw, gnaw_at, eat_at, [ wear_away, noun.process:wearing_away,+ ] decay,@ frames: 1 (become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded") }
{ [ ablate, adj.all:subtractive^ablative,+ noun.process:ablation,+ ] wear_off,@ frames: 11 (wear away through erosion or vaporization) }
{ [ regularize, noun.state:regularization,+ ] [ regularise, noun.state:regularisation,+ noun.act:regularisation,+ ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8,11 (make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker") }
{ tidy, tidy_up, clean_up3, neaten, straighten, straighten_out, square_away, order,@ frames: 8 (put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!") }
{ make2, make_up, straighten,@ frames: 8 (put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room") }
{ [ mess, noun.state:mess,+ ] mess_up, disorder,@ frames: 8,11 (make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room") }
{ [ disorder, noun.state:disorder2,+ order,! ] [ disarray, noun.attribute:disarray,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (bring disorder to) }
{ [ perturb, noun.attribute:perturbation,+ noun.act:perturbation,+ ] [ derange, noun.act:derangement,+ ] throw_out_of_kilter, disorder,@ frames: 8,11 (throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order") }
{ [ order1, noun.group:order,+ noun.act:order,+ noun.person:orderer,+ noun.act:ordering,+ ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8,9 (place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically") }
{ [predate, postdate,!] antedate, foredate, chronologize,@ frames: 8 (establish something as being earlier relative to something else) }
{ [postdate, predate,!] chronologize,@ frames: 9 (establish something as being later relative to something else) }
{ [ chronologize, noun.relation:chronology,+ noun.communication:chronology,+ noun.cognition:chronology,+ ] chronologise, verb.cognition:date,@ frames: 1 (establish the order in time of something; "The archivist chronologized the documents") }
{ [ order, noun.group:order,+ noun.act:order,+ noun.person:orderer,+ noun.act:ordering,+ disorder,! ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8,11 (bring order to or into; "Order these files") }
{ [straighten2, verb.contact:straighten_out1,^ verb.cognition:straighten_out,^ ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8,11 (make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair") }
{ [ disarrange, noun.state:disarrangement,+ ] disorder,@ frames: 8,11 (disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers") }
{ [ rearrange, noun.act:rearrangement,+ ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8,11 (put into a new order or arrangement; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room") }
{ [ recode, noun.act:recoding,+ ] rearrange,@ frames: 8 (put into a different code; rearrange mentally; "People recode and restructure information in order to remember it")}
{ [ reshuffle1, noun.act:reshuffle1,+ ] rearrange,@ frames: 8,9 (reorganize and assign posts to different people; "The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet") }
{ [ randomize, noun.act:randomization,+ ] [ randomise, noun.act:randomisation,+ ] disarrange,@ frames: 8 (arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers") }
{ [ serialize, noun.act:serialization,+ ] [ serialise, noun.act:serialisation,+ ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8,11 (arrange serially; "Serialize the numbers") }
{ [ alphabetize, noun.act:alphabetization,+ noun.person:alphabetizer,+ noun.communication:alphabet,+ ] [ alphabetise, noun.person:alphabetiser,+ noun.communication:alphabet,+ ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8 (arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list") }
{ [ bleach, noun.substance:bleach,+ noun.act:bleach,+ noun.person:bleacher,+ ] whiten,@ frames: 1,8,11 (make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry") }
{ [ peroxide, noun.substance:peroxide,+ ] bleach,@ frames: 8 (bleach with peroxide; "She must peroxide her hair-it looks unnaturally blond") }
{ [ bleach1, noun.attribute:bleach,+ noun.person:bleacher,+ ] bleach_out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise, discolor2,@ frames: 8,11 (remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt") }
{ wash_out2, discolor1,@ frames: 1 (lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine") }
{ [ whiten, noun.substance:whitener,+ noun.act:whitening,+ blacken,! ] [ white, noun.attribute:white,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1,8,11 (turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry") }
{ [blacken, whiten,! ] [ melanize, noun.substance:melanin,+ ] melanise, [ black, noun.attribute:black,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1,8,11 (make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened") }
{ [ melanize1, noun.substance:melanin,+ ] melanise1, convert4,@ frames: 11,8 (convert into, or infiltrate with melanin) }
{ lighten2, lighten_up1, change,@ frames: 1 (become lighter; "The room lightened up") }
{ [ discolor, noun.attribute:discoloration,+ noun.act:discoloration,+ ] [ discolour, noun.attribute:discolouration,+ noun.act:discolouration,+ ] [ colour, noun.substance:colour,+ noun.act:colouring,+ ] [ color1, noun.attribute:color,+ noun.act:coloring,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,2 (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored") }
{ blackwash, color,@ frames: 8 (color with blackwash) }
{ sallow, discolor2,@ frames: 11 (cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face") }
{ [ bronze, noun.substance:bronze,+ ] dye,@ frames: 8,11 (give the color and appearance of bronze to something; "bronze baby shoes") }
{ [ discolor2, noun.attribute:discoloration,+ noun.act:discoloration,+ ] discolor,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts") }
{ wash_out3, wash_out2,$ discolor2,@ frames: 11 (drain off the color in the course of laundering; "The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse") }
{ turn9, turn3,@ discolor,@ frames: 1 (change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early") }
{ [ silver1, noun.attribute:silver,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1 (turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively") }
{ [ foliate, noun.plant:foliage,+ noun.process:foliation1,+ ] develop1,@ frames: 1 (grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring") }
{ [discolor1, color,! ] change,@ frames: 1 (lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored") }
{ [ dye, noun.person:dyer,+ noun.act:dyeing,+ noun.substance:dye,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 8,11 (color with dye; "Please dye these shoes") }
{ [ stain4, noun.substance:stain,+ noun.act:staining,+ ] dye,@ frames: 8 (color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen")}
{ deep-dye, dye,@ frames: 8 (dye thoroughly) }
{ [ henna, noun.substance:henna,+ ] tint,@ frames: 8 (apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month") }
{ impress8, yarn-dye, dye,@ frames: 8 (dye (fabric) before it is spun) }
{ [ color, noun.act:coloration,+ noun.attribute:color,+ noun.food:coloring,+ noun.attribute:coloring,+ discolor1,! ] [ colorize3, noun.attribute:color,+ ] colorise3, colourise3, colourize3, [ colour9, noun.food:colouring,+ noun.attribute:colouring,+ ] color_in, colour_in, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film") }
{ [ motley, noun.artifact:motley,+ ] parti-color, color,@ frames: 8,11 (make motley; color with different colors) }
{ polychrome, polychromize, polychromise, color,@ frames: 8,11 (color with many colors; make polychrome) }
{ [ azure, noun.attribute:azure,+ ] color,@ frames: 8,11 (color azure; "Morning azured the village") }
{ [ purple, noun.attribute:purple,+ ] empurple, [ purpurate, noun.attribute:purple,+ ] color,@ frames: 8,11 (color purple) }
{ aurify, color,@ frames: 8,11 (turn golden) }
{ [ verdigris, noun.substance:verdigris,+ ] color,@ frames: 8 (color verdigris) }
{ [ pinkify, noun.attribute:pink,+ ] color,@ frames: 8 (make pink) }
{ incarnadine, color,@ frames: 8 (make flesh-colored) }
{ [ madder, noun.plant:madder,+ ] redden1,@ frames: 8 (color a moderate to strong red) }
{ embrown, brown1, color,@ frames: 8 (make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard")}
{ handcolor, handcolour, color,@ noun.act:photography,;c frames: 8 (color by hand; "Some old photographs are handcolored") }
{ [ stain1, noun.person:stainer,+ ] dye,@ frames: 8,11 (color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages") }
{ [ ebonize, noun.attribute:ebony,+ ] ebonise, stain1,@ noun.artifact:furniture,;c frames: 8 (stain black to make it look like ebony) }
{ [ dip, noun.event:dip,+ ] stain1,@ frames: 8 (stain an object by immersing it in a liquid) }
{ [ stain, noun.state:stain,+ noun.attribute:stain,+ ] change1,@ frames: 1 (produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth") }
{ [ smut, noun.substance:smut,+ ] stain,@ frames: 8,11 (stain with a dirty substance, such as soot) }
{ [ tint, noun.person:tinter,+ noun.act:tinting,+ noun.attribute:tint,+ ] tinct, [ tinge, noun.attribute:tinge,+ noun.substance:tincture,+ ] touch1, color,@ frames: 8,11 (color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November") }
{ [ pigment, noun.substance:pigment,+ ] color,@ frames: 8 (color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph") }
{ [ pigment1, noun.substance:pigment,+ noun.process:pigmentation,+ noun.attribute:pigmentation,+ ] hue1,@ frames: 1,2 (acquire pigment; become colored or imbued) }
{ [ tincture, noun.substance:tincture,+ noun.attribute:tincture,+ ] tint,@ frames: 8 (stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color; "The sky was tinctured red") }
{ imbue, [ hue, noun.attribute:hue,+ ] color,@ frames: 8,11 (suffuse with color) }
{ [ complexion, noun.attribute:complexion2,+ noun.attribute:complexion,+ ] tinge,@ frames: 11 (give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills") }
{ [ hue1, noun.attribute:hue,+ ] change1,@ frames: 1 (take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey") }
{ fast_dye, dye,@ frames: 8 (dye with fast colors; "These shirts should be fast-dyed") }
{ double_dye, dye,@ frames: 8 (dye twice) }
{ tie-dye, hand-dye,@ frames: 8 (dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular pattern; "The flower children tie-dye their T-shirts") }
{ retouch1, color,@ frames: 8 (give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots") }
{ hand-dye, dye,@ frames: 8 (dye by hand; "This fabric is hand-dyed") }
{ [ batik, noun.artifact:batik,+ ] hand-dye,@ frames: 8 (dye with wax; "Indonesian fabrics are often batiked") }
{ piece-dye, dye,@ frames: 8 (dye after weaving) }
{ redden, discolor,@ frames: 1,2 (turn red or redder; "The sky reddened") }
{ blush1, redden,@ frames: 1,2 (become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air")}
{ [ purple1, noun.attribute:purple,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1 (become purple) }
{ [ grey, noun.attribute:grey,+ ] [ gray, noun.attribute:gray,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1 (turn grey; "Her hair began to grey") }
{ [ silver, noun.attribute:silver,+ ] color,@ frames: 8,11 (make silver in color; "Her worries had silvered her hair") }
{ [ grey1, noun.attribute:grey,+ ] [ gray1, noun.attribute:gray,+ ] color,@ frames: 8,11 (make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky") }
{ [ yellow, noun.attribute:yellow,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1 (turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow") }
{ [ tone1, noun.attribute:tone,+ noun.substance:toner1,+ ] color,@ frames: 8,11 (change to a color image; "tone a photographic image") }
{ [ tone2, noun.attribute:tone,+ noun.substance:toner1,+ noun.substance:toner,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 8,11 (change the color or tone of; "tone a negative") }
{ [ escalate, noun.act:escalation,+ de-escalate,! ] [ intensify2, noun.attribute:intensity,+ noun.act:intensification,+ ] [step_up, noun.act:step-up,+] increase2,@ frames: 2,8,11 (increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing") }
{ redouble, intensify2,@ frames: 8 (double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio") }
{ [ de-escalate, noun.act:de-escalation,+ escalate,! ] [ weaken3, noun.object:weakener,+ ] [step_down4, noun.act:step-down,+] decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis") }
{ [ de-escalate1, noun.act:de-escalation,+ ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time")}
{ radiate, verb.body:emit,@ frames: 2 (send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness") }
{ [ effuse, noun.communication:effusion,+ ] verb.weather:give_off,@ frames: 8,11 (give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness") }
{ [ irradiate, noun.state:irradiation,+ ] [ ray1, noun.phenomenon:ray1,+ ] verb.change:treat1,@ frames: 8,11,9 (expose to radiation; "irradiate food") }
{ bombard, irradiate,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8 (direct high energy particles or radiation against)}
{ [ irradiate1, noun.phenomenon:irradiation,+ ] lighten2,@ frames: 8,11 (cast rays of light upon) }
{ [ light, noun.state:light,+ noun.attribute:light,+ noun.location:light,+ noun.attribute:light1,+ noun.artifact:light,+ noun.phenomenon:light,+ ] illume, illumine, light_up, [ illuminate3, noun.state:illumination,+ noun.attribute:illumination,+ noun.substance:illuminant,+ ] lighten2,@ frames: 8,11 (make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit") }
{ [ floodlight, noun.artifact:floodlight,+ ] illuminate3,@ frames: 8,11 (illuminate with floodlights) }
{ [ spotlight, noun.artifact:spotlight,+ ] illuminate3,@ frames: 8,11 (illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater) }
{ [cut, verb.communication:cut_off,^ ] cut_off, verb.communication:interrupt,@ frames: 8,11 (cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation") }
{ [ mutilate, noun.event:mutilation,+ noun.person:mutilator,+ ] [ mangle, noun.person:mangler,+ ] cut_up2, damage,@ frames: 8,11 (destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work") }
{ clip, [ curtail1, noun.attribute:curtailment,+ ] cut_short, shorten1,@ frames: 8,11 (terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries") }
{ fancify, [ beautify, noun.act:beautification,+ noun.attribute:beauty,+ uglify,! ] embellish, prettify, improve1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more beautiful) }
{ [uglify, beautify,! ] change1,@ frames: 11,8 (make ugly) }
{ dress_up, window-dress, embellish,@ frames: 8 (make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth")}
{ [ blossom, noun.time:blossom,+ ] blossom_out, blossom_forth, [ unfold, noun.process:unfolding,+ ] develop,@ frames: 1,2 (develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity") }
{ spruce_up, spruce, [ titivate, noun.act:titivation,+ ] [ tittivate, noun.act:tittivation,+ ] smarten_up, slick_up, spiff_up, beautify,@ frames: 8,11,10 (make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child") }
{ [ bloom, noun.process:bloom,+ noun.plant:bloom,+ noun.plant:bloomer,+ ] [ blossom1, noun.plant:blossom,+ ] [ flower, noun.plant:flower,+ noun.plant:flower2,+ noun.process:flowering,+ ] develop,@ frames: 1 (produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed") }
{ [ effloresce, adj.all:mature1^efflorescent,+ noun.process:efflorescence,+ ] burst_forth1, flower,@ frames: 1 (come into or as if into flower; "These manifestations effloresced in the past") }
{ [ spike1, noun.plant:spike2,+ ] spike_out, develop,@ frames: 1 (bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now") }
{ temper, season1, [ mollify1, noun.state:mollification,+ noun.act:mollification,+ ] [ moderate1, noun.person:moderator,+ ] weaken1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; "she tempered her criticism")}
{ season, harden2, toughen,@ frames: 10 (make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller") }
{ temper1, adjust,@ frames: 8,8 (adjust the pitch (of pianos)) }
{ [ tune, noun.attribute:tune,+ noun.person:tuner,+ noun.act:tuning,+ untune,!] tune_up, adjust,@ frames: 8 (adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned") }
{ [untune, tune,!] alter1,@ frames: 8 (cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!") }
{ [ calibrate, noun.act:calibration,+ ] [ graduate, noun.communication:graduation,+ noun.artifact:graduate,+ ] fine-tune2, adjust,@ frames: 8 (make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder") }
{ [ tune1, noun.act:tuning,+ ] [tune_up1, noun.act:tune-up,+] adjust,@ frames: 8 (adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine") }
{ [ adjust, adj.all:adaptive^adjustive,+ adj.all:changeable^adjustable,+ noun.act:adjustment1,+ noun.person:adjuster,+ ] set, [ correct9, adj.all:bettering^corrective,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11,21 (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels") }
{ [ time6, noun.time:time6,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely")}
{ trim4, adjust,@ noun.artifact:ship,;c frames: 8 (adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used)}
{ zero, zero_in, adjust,@ frames: 8 (adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards") }
{ [ zero1, noun.quantity:zero2,+ noun.quantity:zero1,+ noun.cognition:zero,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value) }
{ readjust1, reset1, adjust,@ frames: 8 (adjust again after an initial failure) }
{ attune, adjust,@ frames: 8,11,21 (adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with) }
{ [ time1, noun.time:time3,+ noun.time:time,+ noun.artifact:timer1,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (regulate or set the time of; "time the clock") }
{ [ adjust3, adj.all:adaptable^adjustable,+ noun.act:adjustment,+ ] adapt1,@ frames: 8,15 (make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness") }
{ gear, pitch2, adapt1,@ frames: 15 (set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience")}
{ [ pitch, noun.attribute:pitch,+ ] set1,@ frames: 8 (set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low") }
{ [ set2, noun.location:setting2,+ verb.motion:set_ahead,^ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments") }
{ [ reset, noun.artifact:reset,+ ] set2,@ frames: 8 (set to zero; "reset instruments and dials")}
{ [set1, verb.stative:set_off,^ set_up,^ verb.creation:set_off,^ verb.cognition:set_apart,^ verb.cognition:set_aside,^ verb.communication:set_off,^ ] change1,@ frames: 5,21 (put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire") }
{ [ keynote, noun.cognition:keynote,+ ] set1,@ frames: 11 (set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection") }
{ [ regulate, adj.all:restrictive^regulatory,+ noun.artifact:regulator,+ ] [ modulate1, noun.act:modulation,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8,11 (fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch") }
{ [ adapt1, adj.all:adaptative,+ adj.all:adaptable,+ noun.artifact:adaptor,+ noun.artifact:adapter,+ ] [ accommodate, noun.event:accommodation,+ noun.cognition:accommodation,+ ] change2,@ frames: 8,11 (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country") }
{ fit2, adapt1,@ frames: 20,21 (insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment") }
{ [ anglicise, noun.process:Anglicisation,+ ] [ anglicize, adj.pert:english,+ noun.process:Anglicization,+ ] adapt1,@ frames: 8 (make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London") }
{ [ fit1, noun.attribute:fit,+ noun.person:fitter,+ noun.event:fitting,+ ] verb.stative:fit2,> shape,@ frames: 21 (make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out") }
{ [ qualify, noun.attribute:quality2,+ disqualify,!] dispose, verb.social:prepare,@ frames: 11,10,24 (make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job") }
{ habilitate, qualify,@ frames: 2 (qualify for teaching at a university in Europe; "He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university") }
{ [ capacitate, noun.attribute:capacity,+ ] qualify,@ frames: 10 (make capable; "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem") }
{ [ disqualify, noun.attribute:disqualification,+ noun.act:disqualification,+ qualify,!] unfit, indispose, change1,@ frames: 11,10 (make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you") }
{ shoehorn, adapt1,@ frames: 8 (fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited)} 
{ tailor, orient, adapt1,@ frames: 8 (adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings")}
{ domesticate2, tame2, adapt1,@ noun.Tops:animal,;c frames: 8 (make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog")}
{ domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim4, [ tame4, adj.all:tractable^tameable,+ adj.all:tractable^tamable,+ noun.person:tamer,+ ] domesticate2,$ change1,@ noun.Tops:animal,;c frames: 8,9 (overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons") }
{ domesticate1, cultivate1, [ naturalize3, noun.attribute:naturalization,+ noun.act:naturalization2,+ ] [ naturalise3, noun.attribute:naturalisation,+ noun.act:naturalisation2,+ ] tame1, adapt1,@ noun.Tops:plant,;c frames: 8 (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil") }
{ fine-tune, tweak, tune1,@ frames: 8 (adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine") }
{ [ temper2, noun.attribute:temper1,+ noun.act:tempering,+ noun.act:temperance1,+ ] harden4, modify,@ frames: 8 (harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel") }
{ anneal, [ temper4, noun.attribute:temper1,+ noun.act:tempering,+ noun.act:temperance1,+ ] normalize3, harden1,@ frames: 8 (bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass") }
{ toughen, strengthen,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her") }
{ [ widen, noun.process:widening,+ narrow,! ] increase,@ frames: 1 (become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened") }
{ [ widen3, noun.act:widening,+ ] widen,> change1,@ frames: 8 (make wider; "widen the road") }
{ white_out, widen3,@ noun.communication:printing,;c frames: 8 (widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads) }
{ [let_out, take_in,!] widen5, alter,@ frames: 8 (make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight") }
{ [take_in, let_out,!] alter,@ frames: 8 (make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight") }
{ flare_out, [ flare, noun.shape:flare,+ ] widen,@ frames: 1 (become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out") }
{ [ constrict, noun.shape:constriction,+ noun.event:constriction,+ ] constringe, [ narrow1, noun.attribute:narrowing,+ ] tighten,@ frames: 1,8 (become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted") }
{ [ astringe, adj.all:astringent,+ noun.artifact:astringent,+ ] constrict,@ frames: 1 (become constricted or compressed; "The cold substance astringes")}
{ strangulate, constrict,@ frames: 1 (become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate") }
{ [ bottleneck, noun.shape:bottleneck,+ ] narrow,@ frames: 1 (become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks") }
{ [ narrow, noun.object:narrow,+ noun.act:narrowing,+ widen,! narrow_down1,^ ] [ contract, noun.act:contraction,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,8,11 (make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed") }
{ taper_off, narrow,@ frames: 1 (become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off") }
{ [ dilate1, noun.body:dilator,+ noun.artifact:dilator1,+ noun.artifact:dilator,+ noun.act:dilation,+ noun.state:dilatation,+ noun.act:dilatation,+ ] [ distend, adj.all:expansive^distensible,+ noun.act:distention,+ noun.state:distension,+ noun.act:distension,+ ] widen,@ frames: 1,8,11 (become wider; "His pupils were dilated") }
{ [ implode, noun.event:implosion,+ noun.communication:implosion,+ explode,! frames: 8 ] go_off2, verb.motion:collapse,@ frames: 1 (burst inward; "The bottle imploded")}
{ [ explode, noun.act:explosion,+ implode,! ] [ burst9, noun.act:burst,+ noun.artifact:burster,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 1,8,11 (burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded") }
{ [ detonate1, adj.all:explosive^detonative,+ noun.event:detonation,+ ] explode4, blow_up5, frames: 1 (burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction; "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded")}
{ [ explode3, noun.communication:explosion1,+ ] burst_forth, break_loose, change_state,@ frames: 1,2 (be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded") }
{ [ explode1, noun.act:explosion,+ noun.event:explosion,+ ] [ detonate, adj.all:explosive^detonative,+ noun.act:detonation,+ noun.artifact:detonator,+ ] [blow_up3, noun.event:blowup,+ ] set_off, explode4,> change_integrity,@ frames: 8 (cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb") }
{ [ fulminate, noun.act:fulmination1,+ ] explode1,@ frames: 8 (cause to explode violently and with loud noise)}
{ crump, explode,@ frames: 1 (explode heavily or with a loud dull noise) }
{ go_off, explode,@ frames: 1 (be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off") }
{ [ dynamite, noun.person:dynamiter,+ noun.artifact:dynamite,+ ] explode1,@ frames: 8 (blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited") }
{ [erupt, noun.state:eruption1,+ noun.event:eruption,+ ] belch, [ extravasate, noun.state:extravasation,+ ] explode,@ frames: 1 (become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while") }
{ [erupt2, noun.event:eruption3,+] [irrupt3, noun.event:irruption,+] [flare_up, noun.event:flare-up1,+] flare1, break_open, burst_out, intensify,@ frames: 1,2 (erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism") }
{ [ dehisce, adj.all:dehiscent,+ noun.phenomenon:dehiscence,+ ] erupt4,@ frames: 1 (burst or split open; "flowers dehisce when they release pollen") }
{ [ oxygenize1, noun.substance:oxygen,+ ] oxygenise1, dehydrogenate,@ frames: 8,11 (dehydrogenate with oxygen) }
{ [dehydrogenate, hydrogenate,!] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (remove hydrogen from) }
{ [ hydrogenate, noun.substance:hydrogen,+ noun.process:hydrogenation,+ dehydrogenate,!] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)) }
{ oxygenize2, oxygenise2, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)) }
{ erupt3, recrudesce, break_out, verb.body:ail1,@ frames: 1,2 (become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce") }
{ [ burst, noun.act:burst,+ ] [ split1, noun.object:split1,+ ] break_open1, break,@ frames: 1,8,11 (come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst") }
{ [ pop3, noun.event:pop,+ ] burst,@ frames: 1 (burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven")}
{ [ pop4, noun.event:pop,+ noun.artifact:popper,+ ] pop3,$ verb.motion:burst4,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon")}
{ [ puncture3, noun.event:puncture,+ noun.act:puncture,+ noun.artifact:puncture,+ ] break,@ frames: 1 (be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured") }
{ blow7, burst,@ frames: 1,8 (burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire") }
{ stave, stave_in, burst,@ frames: 8 (burst or force (a hole) into something) }
{ [ boom, noun.state:boom,+ ] thrive, flourish1, [ expand1, adj.all:expansive^expansible,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1 (grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming") }
{ [ proliferate, noun.process:proliferation1,+ noun.process:proliferation,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1 (grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area")}
{ [ luxuriate, adj.all:abundant^luxuriant,+ ] thrive,@ frames: 1 (thrive profusely or flourish extensively) }
{ [ boost2, noun.act:boost,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8,11,20,21 (give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost the economy") }
{ [ blur, noun.cognition:blur,+ focus,! ] dim4, [slur, verb.social:slur_over,^ ] weaken,@ frames: 1 (become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred") }
{ [ obliterate, noun.event:obliteration,+ noun.act:obliteration,+ ] efface, obliterate1,$ dim4,@ frames: 8 (remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps") }
{ [ darken1, noun.act:darkening,+ brighten1,! ] darken,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make dark or darker; "darken a room") }
{ infuscate, discolor2,@ frames: 1 (darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings) }
{ embrown1, darken1,@ frames: 8 (cause to darken) }
{ [ murk, noun.state:murk,+ ] darken1,@ frames: 8 (make dark, dim, or gloomy) }
{ [ dun, noun.attribute:dun,+ noun.animal:dun,+ ] darken1,@ frames: 8 (make a dun color) }
{ blind1, dim3, darken1,@ frames: 11 (make dim by comparison or conceal)}
{ [ darken, noun.act:darkening,+ lighten2,! ] change,@ frames: 1 (become dark or darker; "The sky darkened") }
{ dusk, darken,@ frames: 1 (become dusk)}
{ [black_out1, noun.event:blackout,+ noun.state:blackout,+] blacken_out, darken,@ frames: 1 (darken completely; "The dining room blackened out") }
{ [brighten1, darken1,! ] lighten_up, lighten1, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more cheerful through the use of color; "The paint will brighten the room") }
{ [ blur1, noun.cognition:blur,+ focus1,! ] blear, blur,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision") }
{ [ weed, noun.plant:weed,+ noun.person:weeder,+ noun.artifact:weeder,+ ] remove,@ frames: 2,8,22 (clear of weeds; "weed the garden") }
{ stub, weed,@ frames: 8 (clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field")}
{ dim, darken1,@ frames: 8,11 (make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver") }
{ dim1, change,@ frames: 1 (become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose") }
{ obscure, bedim1, overcloud, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured") }
{ benight, bedim, darken1,@ frames: 11,8 (make darker and difficult to perceive by sight) }
{ obscure2, blot_out, [ obliterate1, adj.all:eradicable^obliterable,+ ] veil, [ hide, noun.act:hiding,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat")}
{ [ focus1, noun.attribute:focus1,+ noun.act:focusing,+ verb.stative:focus_on,^ blur1,! ] [ focalize1, noun.act:focalization1,+ ] [ focalise1, noun.act:focalisation1,+ ] sharpen3, focus,> adjust,@ frames: 8,11,21 (put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie") }
{ [ refocus1, noun.act:refocusing,+ ] focus1,@ frames: 8,11 (put again into focus or focus more sharply; "refocus the image until it is very sharp")}
{ [ focus, noun.phenomenon:focus,+ noun.act:focusing,+ blur,! ] [ focalize, noun.act:focalization1,+ ] [ focalise, noun.act:focalisation1,+ ] adjust1,@ frames: 1,22 (become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused") }
{ [ depreciate, adj.all:decreasing^depreciative,+ adj.all:decreasing^depreciatory,+ noun.possession:depreciation,+ noun.act:depreciation,+ appreciate,! ] undervalue, [ devaluate, noun.act:devaluation1,+ noun.act:devaluation,+ ] [ devalue1, noun.act:devaluation1,+ ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again") }
{ [ depreciate1, adj.all:decreasing^depreciative,+ adj.all:decreasing^depreciatory,+ noun.possession:depreciation,+ noun.act:depreciation,+ appreciate1,!] depreciate,$ devalue,@ frames: 8,11 (lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again") }
{ [appreciate1, depreciate1,!] apprize, apprise, appreciate,$ revalue1,@ frames: 8,11 (increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark") }
{ [ revalue1, noun.cognition:revaluation,+ ] verb.cognition:rate1,@ frames: 8,11 (value anew; "revalue the German Mark") }
{ expense, [write_off, noun.possession:write-off,+ ] [write_down10, noun.possession:write-down,+ ] depreciate1,@ frames: 8 (reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer") }
{ [appreciate, depreciate,! ] apprize1, apprise1, [ revalue, noun.cognition:revaluation,+ ] appreciate1,$ increase,@ frames: 1 (gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!") }
{ deafen1, damp,@ frames: 8,11 (make soundproof; "deafen a room") }
{ [shorten, lengthen,! ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten") }
{ [lengthen, shorten,! ] grow,@ frames: 1 (become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen") }
{ [ shorten1, noun.object:shortener,+ lengthen1,! ] shorten,> reduce,@ frames: 8,11 (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness")}
{ [ syncopate1, noun.communication:syncopation1,+ noun.communication:syncope,+ ] shorten1,@ frames: 8 (omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word") }
{ [ truncate, noun.act:truncation,+ ] cut_short3, verb.contact:cut_off,* shorten1,@ frames: 8,11 (make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains") }
{ broaden, increase,@ frames: 1 (become broader; "The road broadened") }
{ broaden1, broaden,> extend1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make broader; "broaden the road") }
{ [lengthen1, shorten1,! ] lengthen,> increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please") }
{ [ prolong, noun.attribute:prolongation1,+ noun.attribute:prolongation,+ noun.act:prolongation,+ ] [ protract, noun.attribute:protraction,+ noun.act:protraction,+ ] [ extend2, adj.all:long1^extendible,+ ] draw_out, lengthen1,@ frames: 8,11 (lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight") }
{ [ extend15, adj.all:long1^extendible,+ ] extend6,$ prolong,@ frames: 8 (prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan") }
{ [ temporize, noun.person:temporizer,+ ] [ temporise, noun.person:temporiser,+ ] protract,@ frames: 2 (draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote") }
{ spin, spin_out, protract,@ frames: 2 (prolong or extend; "spin out a visit") }
{ [ elongate, noun.attribute:elongation,+ noun.artifact:elongation,+ noun.act:elongation,+ ] [ stretch4, noun.act:stretch2,+ noun.artifact:stretcher2,+ noun.act:stretching2,+ ] stretch,> lengthen1,@ frames: 8,11 (make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric")}
{ tree, shoetree, stretch4,@ frames: 8 (stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree)}
{ [ size, noun.attribute:size1,+ noun.attribute:size,+ verb.perception:size_up,^ ] change_magnitude,@ frames: 8 (make to a size; bring to a suitable size) }
{ [ scale1, noun.artifact:scale,+ noun.relation:scale1,+ noun.relation:scale3,+ noun.act:scalage,+ noun.act:scaling1,+ ] size,@ frames: 8 (size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down") }
{ resize, size,@ frames: 8 (change the size of; make the size more appropriate)}
{ rescale, resize,@ frames: 8 (establish on a new scale) }
{ [ bake, noun.act:baking,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8,11 (cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes")}
{ ovenbake, bake,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (bake in an oven; "ovenbake this chicken")}
{ [ brown, noun.attribute:brown,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan") }
{ coddle, cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs") }
{ [ fire, noun.process:fire,+ ] bake,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery") }
{ [farce, noun.food:farce,+] [ stuff, noun.food:stuffing,+ ] fill1,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8,31,21 (fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?") }
{ [fetishize, noun.act:fetish,+] verb.emotion:adore,@ frames: 8,9 (make a fetish of)} 
{ [feudalize, noun.group:feudalism,+] convert3,@ frames: 8 (bring (a country or people) under feudalism)}
{ [ stuff2, noun.person:stuffer,+ ] stuff,$ fill1,@ frames: 8,31,21 (fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers")}
{ cork, stuff2,@ frames: 8 (stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter")}
{ [ pad, noun.artifact:pad,+ noun.artifact:padding,+ ] bolster, fill1,@ frames: 8,31,21 (add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair") }
{ baste, moisten,@ cook,* noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast") }
{ [ souse, noun.food:souse,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cook in a marinade; "souse herring") }
{ [ microwave, noun.artifact:microwave,+ noun.phenomenon:microwave,+ ] micro-cook, zap, nuke4, cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers") }
{ crispen, [ toast, noun.food:toast,+ noun.artifact:toaster,+ noun.act:toasting,+ ] [ crisp, noun.food:crisp,+ ] heat1,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8,11 (make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes") }
{ [ shirr, noun.act:shirring,+ ] bake,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs")}
{ blanch, parboil, cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them") }
{ overboil1, boil,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (boil excessively; "The peas are overboiled") }
{ [ cook, noun.person:cook,+ noun.act:cooking,+ noun.act:cookery,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 1,8 (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes") }
{ [ cook3, noun.artifact:cooker,+ ] cook,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle") }
{ overcook, cook,@ frames: 1,8 (cook too long; "The vegetables were completely overcooked") }
{ [ fricassee, noun.food:fricassee,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (make a fricassee of by cooking; "fricassee meats") }
{ [ stew, noun.food:stew,+ noun.act:stewing,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine")}
{ [ jug, noun.quantity:jug,+ noun.artifact:jug,+ ] stew,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit") }
{ [ simmer, noun.act:simmering,+ noun.attribute:simmer,+ ] boil,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (boil slowly at low temperature; "simmer the sauce"; "simmering water") }
{ seethe, roll8, verb.motion:boil,@ frames: 1 (boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled") }
{ [ roast, noun.food:roast,+ noun.artifact:roaster,+ noun.person:roaster,+ noun.act:roasting,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8,2 (cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey") }
{ barbeque, [ barbecue, noun.food:barbecue2,+ noun.food:barbecue,+ noun.artifact:barbecue,+ ] [cook_out, noun.food:cookout,+] grill,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 2,8 (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest") }
{ pan_roast, roast,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (roast in a pan; "pan-roast that meat") }
{ braise, cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (cook in liquid; "braise beef") }
{ [ fry, noun.food:fryer,+ noun.food:frier,+ noun.act:frying,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes") }
{ frizzle, fry,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (fry something until it curls and becomes crisp) }
{ deep-fat-fry, fry,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (fry in deep fat; "deep-fry the potato chips") }
{ [ griddle, noun.artifact:griddle,+ ] fry,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cook on a griddle; "griddle pancakes") }
{ pan-fry, fry,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (fry in a pan; "pan-fry the dumplings") }
{ slenderize, slenderise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make slender or appear to be slender; "slenderizing skirts") }
{ french-fry, deep-fry, fry,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (cook by immersing in fat; "french-fry the potatoes") }
{ stir_fry, fry,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (fry very quickly over high heat; "stir-fry the vegetables in a wok") }
{ [ saute, noun.act:sauteing,+ ] fry,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (fry briefly over high heat; "saute the onions") }
{ [ grill, noun.artifact:grill1,+ noun.artifact:grill,+ noun.act:grilling,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (cook over or under a grill; "grill the sausages") }
{ [ hibachi, noun.artifact:hibachi,+ ] grill,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 2,8 (cook over a hibachi grill) }
{ [ steam, noun.substance:steam,+ noun.food:steamer,+ noun.artifact:steamer1,+ ] cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables") }
{ [ steep, noun.artifact:steeper,+ ] infuse, soak,@ frames: 8 (let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol") }
{ [ infuse2, noun.process:infusion,+ ] infuse,$ steep,@ frames: 1 (undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing")}
{ [ brew, noun.food:brew,+ ] soak,@ frames: 1,8 (sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing") }
{ draw15, steep,@ frames: 1,8 (steep; pass through a strainer; "draw pulp from the fruit") }
{ [ boil, noun.attribute:boil,+ noun.artifact:boiler1,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,8 (immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool")}
{ [ broil, noun.act:broil,+ noun.food:broiler,+ noun.artifact:broiler,+ ] oven_broil, grill,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 1,8 (cook under a broiler; "broil fish") }
{ pan-broil, broil,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8 (broil in a pan) }
{ pressure-cook, cook,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 2,8 (cook in a pressure cooker) }
{ [ branch, noun.shape:branch,+ noun.object:branch1,+ branch_out,^ ] [ ramify, noun.shape:ramification,+ noun.attribute:ramification,+ noun.act:ramification,+ ] [ fork, noun.act:fork,+ noun.shape:forking,+ noun.act:forking,+ ] [ furcate, noun.shape:furcation,+ ] separate4, verb.motion:diverge,@ frames: 1 (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks")}
{ [ ramify1, noun.shape:ramification,+ noun.attribute:ramification,+ noun.act:ramification,+ ] branch1, ramify,$ grow,@ frames: 1 (grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large")}
{ [ arborize, noun.plant:arbor,+ ] [ arborise, noun.plant:arbor,+ ] branch,@ frames: 1 (branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize") }
{ [ twig, noun.plant:twig,+ ] branch,@ frames: 1 (branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions") }
{ [ bifurcate, noun.act:fork,+ noun.shape:bifurcation1,+ noun.shape:bifurcation,+ noun.act:bifurcation,+ ] branch,@ frames: 1 (divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated") }
{ [ trifurcate, noun.act:trifurcation,+ ] branch,@ frames: 1 (divide into three; "The road trifurcates at the bridge")}
{ [ atomize, noun.act:atomization,+ noun.artifact:atomizer,+ noun.substance:atom,+ ] [ atomise, noun.act:atomisation,+ noun.artifact:atomiser,+ noun.substance:atom1,+ noun.substance:atom,+ ] break_up,@ frames: 8,11 (break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air") }
{ dialyse, [ dialyze, noun.act:dialysis,+ noun.artifact:dialyzer,+ ] verb.contact:separate2,@ frames: 8,11 (separate by dialysis) }
{ break_up4, disperse, scatter, change_integrity,@ frames: 1,8,11 (cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles") }
{ backscatter, scatter,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 1 (scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes) }
{ [ peptize, noun.process:peptization,+ ] [ peptise, noun.process:peptisation,+ ] verb.contact:separate2,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 11 (disperse in a medium into a colloidal state) }
{ [ grind, noun.act:grind,+ noun.body:grinder,+ noun.artifact:grinder1,+ noun.phenomenon:grinding,+ noun.object:grinding,+ ] [ mash, noun.food:mash,+ noun.substance:mash,+ noun.artifact:masher,+ ] [ crunch, noun.act:crunch,+ ] bray, comminute, break_up,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic") }
{ [ pound3, noun.act:pound,+ noun.artifact:pounder,+ ] break_up,@ frames: 8,11 (break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone")}
{ [ pulp, noun.object:pulp,+ ] mash,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood") }
{ [ pestle, noun.artifact:pestle2,+ noun.artifact:pestle1,+ noun.artifact:pestle,+ ] mash,@ frames: 8 (grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic") }
{ [ mill, noun.act:mill,+ noun.artifact:mill,+ ] grind,@ frames: 8,11 (grind with a mill; "mill grain") }
{ [ powderize, noun.substance:powder,+ ] powderise, [ powder, noun.substance:powder,+ ] [ pulverize, noun.act:pulverization,+ ] [ pulverise, noun.act:pulverisation,+ ] disintegrate,@ frames: 8,11 (make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains")}
{ powderize1, [ pulverize1, noun.substance:pulverization,+ ] [ pulverise1, noun.substance:pulverisation,+ ] powderise1, powderize,$ disintegrate,@ frames: 1 (become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized")}
{ [ run4, noun.act:run5,+ ] [ unravel1, noun.person:unraveller,+ ] run1,$ disintegrate,@ frames: 1 (become undone; "the sweater unraveled") }
{ [ partition, noun.artifact:partition,+ noun.act:partition,+ noun.act:partitioning,+ ] [ zone, noun.location:zone1,+ ] verb.motion:separate1,@ frames: 8,11 (separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off") }
{ [ subdivide, noun.act:subdivision,+ noun.person:subdivider,+ ] verb.social:divide,@ frames: 8 (divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!")}
{ [ subdivide1, noun.act:subdivision,+ ] subdivide,$ verb.contact:divide,@ frames: 1 (form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided")}
{ screen_off, separate_off, partition,@ frames: 8 (partition by means of a divider, such as a screen; "screen off this part of the room") }
{ burst1, bust, break,@ frames: 1,8,11 (break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst") }
{ [ shatter, noun.act:shattering,+ ] burst1,@ frames: 1,8,11 (break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered") }
{ [ shatter1, noun.act:shattering,+ ] break10,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate") }
{ shatter2, damage,@ frames: 11 (damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life")}
{ [ break, adj.all:breakable,+ noun.object:break,+ noun.event:break2,+ noun.act:break,+ break_up2,^ ] separate3, split_up, fall_apart3, come_apart, change_integrity,@ frames: 1 (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart") }
{ smash10, verb.change:smash,$ break,@ frames: 1 (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed" )}
{ [ ladder, noun.event:ladder,+ ] [ run1, noun.event:run1,+ ] come_apart,@ frames: 1 (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running") }
{ [ break10, adj.all:breakable,+ noun.act:break,+ noun.act:breakage,+ noun.person:breaker,+ ] break,$ verb.motion:separate1,@ frames: 8,11 (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match") }
{ [ fracture10, noun.act:fracture,+ noun.state:fracture,+ noun.object:fracture,+ ] break10,@ frames: 8,11 (break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle")}
{ break_in1, break10,@ frames: 8,11 (break so as to fall inward; "He broke in the door") }
{ stave_in1, break_in1,@ frames: 8,11 (break in the staves (of); "stave in a cask") }
{ sunder, break_up,@ frames: 8,11 (break apart or in two, using violence) }
{ [ smash, noun.event:smash1,+ noun.person:smasher1,+ noun.act:smashing,+ ] dash, break10,@ frames: 8,11 (break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate") }
{ blast2, knock_down, smash,@ frames: 8 (shatter as if by explosion)}
{ crack1, [ check3, noun.attribute:check,+ ] [ break15, adj.all:breakable,+ noun.state:break,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated") }
{ [ check9, noun.attribute:check,+ ] [ chink, noun.object:chink,+ ] check3,$ crack5,@ frames: 11 (make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint") }
{ crack5, crack1,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair") }
{ [ fissure, noun.object:fissure,+ noun.shape:fissure,+ ] crack5,@ frames: 8,11 (break into fissures or fine cracks)}
{ [ snap, noun.event:snap1,+ ] crack, break,@ frames: 1,8,11 (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped") }
{ [ crack2, noun.object:crack,+ ] break15,@ frames: 1 (break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked") }
{ [ chap, noun.object:chap,+ ] crack2,@ frames: 1 (crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather") }
{ [ craze, noun.attribute:craze,+ ] crack2,@ frames: 1 (develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics") }
{ [ alligator, noun.substance:alligator,+ ] crack2,@ frames: 1 (crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes) }
{ [ splinter, noun.object:splinter,+ ] [ sliver, noun.object:sliver1,+ ] break_up,@ frames: 1 (break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered") }
{ break_up, [ fragment, noun.object:fragment1,+ noun.communication:fragment,+ noun.artifact:fragment,+ noun.state:fragmentation,+ noun.process:fragmentation,+ noun.event:fragmentation,+ noun.act:fragmentation,+ ] [ fragmentize, noun.object:fragment1,+ ] fragmentise, break,@ frames: 18 (break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented") }
{ dissolve9, dismiss9, change1,@ frames: 8 (declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections")}
{ rag, break_up,@ noun.act:mining,;c frames: 8,11 (break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore") }
{ [ crumb1, noun.food:crumb,+ ] break_up,@ frames: 8 (break into crumbs) }
{ [ brecciate, noun.substance:breccia,+ ] break_up,@ frames: 1 (break into breccia; "brecciate rock") }
{ [ crush, noun.act:crush,+ noun.artifact:crusher,+ ] break_up,@ frames: 1,8,11 (break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy") }
{ bruise1, crush,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8,11 (break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them")}
{ [break1, break_out4,^ break_through,^ ] [ recrudesce1, noun.event:recrudescence,+ ] [ develop3, noun.event:development1,+ ] happen,@ frames: 1 (happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time") }
{ arise, come_up, happen,@ frames: 1 (result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion") }
{ [ happen, noun.event:happening,+ ] [ hap, noun.event:hap,+ ] go_on, pass_off, occur, pass, fall_out, come_about, take_place, frames: 1,4,34 (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important") }
{ result, come_about,@ frames: 1 (come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting")}
{ intervene, occur,@ frames: 1,4 (occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children")}
{ transpire9, happen,@ frames: 4 (come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week") }
{ give13, happen,@ noun.communication:slang,;u frames: 1 (occur; "what gives?")}
{ [ supervene, noun.event:supervention,+ ] happen,@ frames: 1 (take place as an additional or unexpected development) }
{ proceed, go1, happen,@ frames: 1,6 (follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?") }
{ drag3, drag_on, drag_out, proceed,@ frames: 1 (proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours") }
{ [ come1, noun.attribute:coming,+ ] occur,@ frames: 1 (come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June") }
{ fall13, descend13, settle13, come1,@ frames: 1 (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")}
{ fall15, fall13,$ disappear,@ frames: 4 (go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts") }
{ fall, verb.stative:fall2,$ occur,@ frames: 4 (occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable") }
{ [ anticipate, adj.all:antecedent^anticipatory,+ ] occur,@ frames: 8 (be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism") }
{ come2, verb.stative:exist,@ frames: 4,6,7 (be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled") }
{ develop5, verb.stative:develop,$ develop,$ develop3,$ happen,@ frames: 34 (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly") }
{ transpire1, change,@ frames: 34 (come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany") }
{ [ recur, adj.all:continual^recurrent,+ noun.event:recurrence,+ ] [ repeat, adj.all:continual^repetitive,+ adj.all:repetitive,+ noun.event:repeat,+ noun.event:repetition,+ ] happen,@ frames: 1 (happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story") }
{ [ iterate1, adj.all:repetitive^iterative,+ ] repeat,@ noun.cognition:computer_science,;c noun.cognition:math,;c frames: 1 (run or be performed again; "the function iterates")}
{ [ cycle, noun.time:cycle,+ noun.event:cycle2,+ ] recur,@ frames: 1 (recur in repeating sequences) }
{ go_off1, come_off, go_over, happen,@ frames: 7 (happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?") }
{ come_around6, roll_around, happen,@ frames: 1 (happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again") }
{ happen1, [ materialize, noun.process:materialization,+ noun.event:materialization1,+ noun.event:materialization,+ dematerialize,!] [ materialise, noun.event:materialisation,+ noun.process:materialisation,+ noun.event:materialisation1,+ dematerialise,! ] happen,@ frames: 1 (come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized") }
{ [dematerialize, materialize,!] [ dematerialise, materialise,! ] verb.perception:vanish,@ frames: 1 (become immaterial; disappear) }
{ happen2, befall, bechance, verb.social:happen,$ happen,@ frames: 1 (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)) }
{ come13, verb.stative:result,@ frames: 1 (happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this") }
{ befall1, bechance1, betide, happen,@ frames: 10 (become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?") }
{ [spin_off, noun.artifact:spin-off,+] verb.creation:turn_out,@ frames: 11 (produce as a consequence of something larger) }
{ [ concur, adj.all:synchronous^concurrent,+ noun.attribute:concurrence,+ ] [ coincide, adj.all:synchronous^coincident,+ noun.attribute:coincidence1,+ ] happen,@ frames: 1 (happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided") }
{ erupt1, break_out4, verb.stative:begin,@ frames: 1 (start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc") }
{ bud2, verb.stative:begin,@ frames: 1 (start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship") }
{ get_down, [ begin, noun.person:beginner,+ noun.act:beginning,+ end1,! ] get12, start_out, [ start, noun.act:start,+ noun.time:start,+ noun.event:start,+ noun.person:starter1,+ ] set_about, set_out, [ commence, noun.act:commencement,+ ] frames: 1,2, 28,33,8 (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now") }
{ [ recommence, noun.act:recommencement,+ ] commence,@ frames: 1,2,8,28,33 (begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap")}
{ strike_out3, begin,@ frames: 2 (set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own")}
{ fall12, begin,@ frames: 22 (begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away") }
{ break_out3, verb.stative:begin,@ frames: 1,2,33 (begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting") }
{ jump_off, begin,@ frames: 2,1 (set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class") }
{ get_to, begin,@ frames: 32 (arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long")}
{ [ auspicate, noun.event:auspice,+ ] begin,@ frames: 8 (commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne") }
{ [ attack, noun.person:attacker,+ ] begin,@ frames: 8 (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed") }
{ break_in3, begin,@ frames: 2 (start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role) }
{ plunge10, launch10, begin,@ frames: 22 (begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure") }
{ come_on, start,@ frames: 1 (occur or become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake") }
{ embark10, enter10, begin,@ frames: 22 (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career")}
{ take_up, enter10,@ frames: 8 (pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration") }
{ get_cracking, bestir_oneself, get_going, get_moving, get_weaving, get_started, get_rolling, begin,@ frames: 1,2 (start to be active; "Get cracking, please!") }
{ [ begin1, noun.person:beginner1,+ noun.event:beginning,+ end1,! ] lead_off, [ start1, noun.act:start,+ noun.time:start,+ noun.event:start,+ ] [ commence1, noun.act:commencement,+ ] verb.stative:begin,> frames: 8,11 (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life") }
{ jumpstart, jump-start, start1,@ frames: 8,11 (start or re-start vigorously; "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process")}
{ [ recommence1, noun.act:recommencement,+ ] begin1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to start anew; "The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet")}
{ [ inaugurate, noun.event:augury,+ ] usher_in, introduce, begin1,@ frames: 11 (be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period") }
{ set_off1, start1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start") }
{ [carry_over, noun.cognition:carry-over,+] verb.stative:persist,@ frames: 1 (transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another) }
{ [ resume, noun.act:resumption,+ ] restart, re-start, verb.stative:continue,@ frames: 28,2,1,8 (take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations") }
{ resume1, take_up1, change,@ frames: 11 (return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it") }
{ [ persevere, noun.cognition:perseveration,+ noun.act:perseveration,+ noun.act:perseverance,+ ] [ persist1, adj.all:continual^persistent,+ noun.attribute:persistency,+ noun.act:persistence,+ frames: 28] hang_in, hang_on, hold_on, verb.stative:continue,@ frames: 2,1,4 (be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions") }
{ [ obstinate, noun.attribute:obstinance1,+ ] persist1,@ frames: 2 (persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments")}
{ ask_for_it, ask_for_trouble, persist1,@ frames: 2 (persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble; "He is asking for trouble with his behavior") }
{ plug, plug_away, persevere,@ frames: 1 (persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem") }
{ stick_to, stick_with, follow12, verb.social:follow,$ persevere,@ frames: 8,33 (keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet") }
{ pass_away1, verb.stative:end,@ frames: 1 (go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away") }
{ close_out, terminate1,@ frames: 8 (terminate; "We closed out our account") }
{ [ lapse1, noun.time:lapse,+ ] verb.stative:end,@ frames: 1 (end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed") }
{ [ finish3, noun.event:finish2,+ noun.time:finish,+ ] end1,@ frames: 10 (cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary") }
{ close8, finish2,@ frames: 2 (finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning")}
{ cut_out1, verb.stative:cease13,@ frames: 1 (cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out") }
{ go_out, verb.stative:end,@ frames: 1 (become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark") }
{ finish_up2, land_up, fetch_up, end_up1, [wind_up2, noun.act:windup,+] finish1, verb.social:act,@ frames: 33 (finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again") }
{ [ end1, noun.state:end,+ noun.cognition:end,+ noun.event:end,+ noun.time:end,+ noun.act:ending,+ begin1,! ] [ terminate1, adj.all:closing^terminative,+ noun.act:termination,+ ] verb.stative:end,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I") }
{ give_the_axe, give_the_bounce, give_the_gate, verb.social:separate2,@ frames: 14 (terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman")}
{ [ abort, adj.all:unfruitful^abortive,+ noun.event:abortion,+ ] terminate1,@ frames: 8 (terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer") }
{ [ culminate3, noun.time:culmination,+ ] end1,@ frames: 8,10 (bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism") }
{ lift2, raise13, terminate1,@ frames: 8,11 (put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege") }
{ ax, axe, terminate1,@ frames: 8 (terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it") }
{ stem, stanch, staunch, [ halt2, noun.event:halt,+ ] check10,@ frames: 8,11 (stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide") }
{ [ check10, noun.state:check,+ ] verb.motion:stop1,@ frames: 8,11 (arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve") }
{ [ die1, noun.time:death,+ noun.state:death1,+ noun.time:dying,+ ] disappear,@ frames: 1 (disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!") }
{ stamp_out, kill8, end1,@ frames: 8,11 (end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!") }
{ kill2, verb.creation:destroy,@ frames: 8,11 (destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods") }
{ [ kill3, noun.act:kill1,+ ] kill2,$ verb.contact:turn_off,@ frames: 8 (cause to cease operating; "kill the engine") }
{ kill4, kill3,$ verb.body:exhaust,@ frames: 10 (tire out completely; "The daily stress of her work is killing her") }
{ [ snap1, noun.event:snap,+ ] verb.contact:close,@ frames: 1 (close with a snapping motion; "The lock snapped shut") }
{ dissolve2, break_up1, end1,@ frames: 1 (come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up") }
{ [ dissolve8, noun.process:dissolution,+ noun.act:dissolution1,+ noun.act:dissolution,+ ] break_up9, dissolve9,$ terminate1,@ frames: 8,11 (bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company")}
{ change_surface, change,@ frames: 1,8,11 (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface) }
{ [ level, noun.artifact:level,+ ] level_off, change_surface,@ frames: 1 (become level or even; "The ground levelled off") }
{ [ crust, noun.object:crust1,+ ] dry,* change_surface,@ frames: 1 (form a crust or form into a crust; "The bread crusted in the oven")}
{ [ heave, noun.event:heave,+ ] [ buckle, noun.shape:buckle,+ ] [ warp, noun.shape:warp,+ ] change_surface,@ frames: 1 (bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave")}
{ lift4, warp,@ frames: 8 (rise upward, as from pressure or moisture; "The floor is lifting slowly") }
{ [ shoot, noun.plant:shoot,+ ] spud, [ germinate, noun.body:germ,+ noun.process:germination,+ ] [ pullulate, noun.process:pullulation1,+ ] bourgeon, burgeon_forth, [ sprout, noun.food:sprout,+ noun.plant:sprout,+ noun.process:sprouting,+ ] grow2,@ frames: 1 (produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted") }
{ [ germinate1, noun.process:germination,+ noun.event:germination,+ ] germinate,$ grow1,@ frames: 8 (cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants")}
{ burgeon1, grow,@ frames: 1 (grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population") }
{ [ bud, noun.plant:bud2,+ noun.plant:bud,+ ] develop,@ frames: 1 (develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!") }
{ [ root, noun.plant:root,+ noun.process:rooting,+ ] grow,@ frames: 1,4 (take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly") }
{ [ root1, noun.process:rooting,+ ] root,$ grow1,@ frames: 8 (cause to take roots)}
{ [ die, noun.event:death,+ noun.phenomenon:death,+ noun.time:death1,+ noun.person:Death,+ noun.state:death,+ noun.act:death,+ die_out,^ die_off,^ die_down,^ die_down2,^ be_born,! ] [ decease, noun.person:decedent,+ noun.event:decease,+ ] perish, [ go, noun.event:going,+ ] [ exit, noun.event:exit,+ ] pass_away, [ expire, noun.event:expiration,+ ] [ pass11, noun.event:passing,+ ] kick_the_bucket, cash_in_one's_chips, buy_the_farm, conk, give-up_the_ghost, drop_dead, pop_off, choke1, croak, snuff_it, verb.perception:die,$ change_state,@ frames: 2 (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102") }
{ [ strangle6, noun.state:strangulation,+ ] suffocate2,@ frames: 2 (die from strangulation)}
{ [ suffocate2, adj.all:breathless^suffocative,+ noun.act:suffocation,+ ] stifle3, [ asphyxiate, noun.state:asphyxiation,+ noun.act:asphyxiation,+ noun.state:asphyxia,+ ] verb.contact:asphyxiate,$ die,@ frames: 2 (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow")}
{ buy_it, pip_out, die,@ noun.communication:slang,;u frames: 2 (be killed or die) }
{ go8, disappear,@ frames: 1 (be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge") }
{ leave3, leave_behind, verb.possession:leave1,$ die,* frames: 9 (be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats") }
{ [ widow, noun.person:widow,+ ] leave3,@ frames: 9 (cause to be without a spouse; "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia") }
{ drown, die,@ frames: 2 (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake") }
{ fall9, be_born,@ frames: 1 (be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon") }
{ predecease, die,@ frames: 9 (die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband") }
{ [be_born, die,! noun.time:birth,+ noun.event:birth,+ noun.process:birth,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1,2 (come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm") }
{ come_to_life, come_into_being1, be_born,@ frames: 1,2 (be born or come into existence; "All these flowers come to life when the rains come") }
{ cloud_over, change_state,@ frames: 1 (become overcast; "the sky clouded over") }
{ [ mist, noun.phenomenon:mist,+ ] mist_over, verb.contact:cover1,@ frames: 1 (become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over") }
{ [ demist, noun.artifact:demister,+ ] defog, heat1,* change1,@ frames: 8,11 (free from mist; "demist the car windows") }
{ [ bloat, noun.state:bloat,+ ] swell,@ frames: 1 (become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated") }
{ [ bloat1, noun.state:bloat,+ ] bloat,> swell1,@ frames: 11 (make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly") }
{ [ curl, noun.shape:curl,+ ] [ curve, noun.artifact:curve,+ ] [ kink, noun.shape:kink,+ ] verb.contact:bend,* change_surface,@ frames: 1 (form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling") }
{ break2, break_off, [ discontinue, noun.act:discontinuation,+ ] [ stop5, noun.act:stop,+ ] end1,@ frames: 8,11 (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations") }
{ hold_on5, [ stop12, noun.state:stop,+ noun.state:stoppage,+ ] interrupt,@ frames: 2 (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!") }
{ cut_short2, break_short, break_off3, interrupt,@ frames: 8,11 (interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation") }
{ hang_up, break_off3,@ frames: 2,22 (interrupt a telephone conversation) }
{ drop1, [knock_off, frames: 2] verb.stative:stop,@ frames: 8 (stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!") }
{ nolle_pros, [ nolle_prosequi, noun.communication:nolle_prosequi,+ ] nol.pros., drop1,@ frames: 8,9 (drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records; "They nolle prossed the charge")}
{ [ freeze1, noun.act:freeze1,+ ] [ suspend, noun.time:suspension,+ noun.state:suspension,+ noun.event:suspension,+ ] interrupt,@ frames: 8,11 (stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country") }
{ bog_down1, bog1, discontinue,@ frames: 1,2 (get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation") }
{ bog_down, bog, slow_down4,@ frames: 11,10 (cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house") }
{ interrupt, break3, end1,@ frames: 8,11 (terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty") }
{ [ adjourn, noun.act:adjournment,+ ] [ recess, noun.act:recess,+ ] break_up8, verb.stative:end,@ frames: 2,8 (close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned") }
{ punctuate1, verb.communication:interrupt,@ frames: 8,11 (interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone") }
{ [ pasteurize, noun.act:pasteurization,+ noun.person:pasteur,+ ] [ pasteurise, noun.act:pasteurisation,+ noun.person:pasteur,+ ] condense1,> change_integrity,@ frames: 8 (heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk") }
{ [ condense1, noun.process:condensation,+ noun.phenomenon:condensate,+ ] [ distill4, noun.substance:distillate,+ ] distil4, condense7,$ condense5,$ liquify,@ frames: 1 (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature") }
{ [ condense4, noun.event:condensation,+ ] [ concentrate12, noun.act:concentration1,+ ] [ contract7, noun.act:contraction,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan") }
{ [ condense7, noun.act:condensation,+ noun.act:condensing,+ ] arise,@ frames: 1 (develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material") }
{ [ condense6, noun.event:condensation,+ ] condense4,$ intensify,@ frames: 1 (become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed") }
{ [ sublime, noun.substance:sublimate,+ ] [ sublimate, noun.substance:sublimate,+ ] condense3,* vaporize1,* change,@ frames: 1 (vaporize and then condense right back again) }
{ sublime5, [ sublimate5, noun.substance:sublimate,+ noun.event:sublimation2,+ ] vaporize,@ frames: 11,1 (change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated")}
{ [ condense3, noun.artifact:condenser2,+ noun.artifact:condenser3,+ noun.process:condensation,+ noun.phenomenon:condensation,+ noun.phenomenon:condensate,+ noun.act:condensing,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 8 (cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam")}
{ [ condense5, noun.event:condensation,+ noun.act:condensation,+ noun.act:condensing,+ ] condense3,$ remove,@ frames: 8 (remove water from; "condense the milk") }
{ resublime, sublime,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (sublime (a compound) once again) }
{ [ evaporate, noun.process:vapor,+ noun.process:evaporation1,+ ] [ vaporize1, adj.all:volatile^vaporizable,+ noun.process:vaporization,+ noun.substance:vapor1,+ noun.process:vapor,+ ] [ vaporise1, noun.process:vaporisation,+ noun.substance:vapor1,+ noun.process:vapor,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 1,8,11 (lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk") }
{ [ pervaporate, noun.act:pervaporation,+ ] evaporate2,@ frames: 8,11 (cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)}
{ [ pervaporate1, noun.act:pervaporation,+ ] pervaporate,$ evaporate1,@ frames: 1 (evaporate through a semipermeable membrane)}
{ [ transpire2, noun.process:transpiration,+ ] evaporate,@ frames: 1 (exude water vapor; "plants transpire") }
{ [ unify, noun.event:unification,+ noun.act:unification,+ noun.cognition:unit,+ noun.Tops:unit,+ disunify,!] [ unite, noun.act:union,+ noun.act:uniting,+ ] [ merge, noun.act:merger,+ noun.act:merging2,+ ] integrate1,@ frames: 1,2 (become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge") }
{ [ unitize, noun.relation:unit,+ noun.quantity:unit,+ noun.object:unit,+ noun.group:unit,+ noun.cognition:unit,+ noun.Tops:unit,+ ] unitise, verb.cognition:separate,@ frames: 8 (separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency")}
{ clog3, [ clot4, noun.body:clot,+ noun.process:clotting,+ ] verb.contact:coalesce,@ frames: 1,2 (coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots") }
{ [ syncretize1, noun.state:syncretism,+ ] syncretise1, unite,@ frames: 8 (unite (beliefs or conflicting principles)) }
{ [disunify, unify,!] break_apart1, verb.social:separate2,@ frames: 1 (break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989") }
{ [ converge, adj.all:convergent,+ noun.act:converging,+ ] unite,@ frames: 1,4 (come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power") }
{ [ league, noun.group:league,+ noun.group:league1,+ ] verb.social:unite,@ frames: 1,2 (unite to form a league) }
{ [ federate, noun.group:federation1,+ noun.group:federation,+ noun.act:federation,+ ] federalize, federalise, verb.social: unite,@ frames: 8 (unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war") }
{ federate1, federalize2, federalise2, unite,@ frames: 1 (enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union")}
{ [ carbonize, adj.pert:carbonic,+ noun.process:carbonization,+ noun.substance:carbon,+ ] [ carbonise, noun.process:carbonisation,+ noun.substance:carbon,+ ] heat,* change_state,@ frames: 1 (turn into carbon, as by burning; "carbonize coal") }
{ [ cool, noun.attribute:cool1,+ noun.substance:coolant,+ noun.process:cooling,+ heat,! ] [ chill, noun.attribute:chill,+ noun.process:chilling,+ ] cool_down1, change_state,@ frames: 1,2 (loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm") }
{ cool2, cool_off, cool_down2, change,@ frames: 1 (lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably") }
{ [ overheat, noun.process:overheating,+ ] heat,@ frames: 1 (get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated") }
{ [ cool1, noun.attribute:cool1,+ noun.food:cooler,+ noun.artifact:cooler,+ noun.substance:coolant,+ noun.process:cooling,+ noun.artifact:cooling,+ heat1,! ] [ chill1, noun.attribute:chill,+ noun.process:chilling,+ ] cool_down, cool,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make cool or cooler; "Chill the food") }
{ quench2, cool1,@ frames: 8,11 (cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel")}
{ [ ice, noun.substance:ice,+ ] cool1,@ frames: 8 (put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs") }
{ [ refrigerate, adj.all:cold1^refrigerant,+ noun.process:refrigeration,+ noun.substance:refrigerant,+ noun.artifact:refrigerator,+ ] cool1,@ frames: 8 (cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine") }
{ [ heat1, adj.all:hot1^heatable,+ noun.cognition:heat,+ noun.attribute:heat1,+ noun.phenomenon:heat,+ noun.artifact:heater,+ cool1,! ] heat_up, heat,> change1,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove") }
{ scald1, heat1,@ frames: 8 (heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk")}
{ scald2, treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled")}
{ [ refrigerate1, adj.all:cold1^refrigerant,+ noun.process:refrigeration,+ noun.artifact:refrigerator,+ ] preserve,@ frames: 8 (preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil")}
{ soak2, heat1,@ frames: 8 (heat a metal prior to working it) }
{ [ calcine, noun.process:calcination,+ ] heat1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces) }
{ preheat, heat1,@ frames: 8 (heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!")}
{ [ overheat1, noun.process:overheating,+ ] overheat,> heat1,@ frames: 11 (make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated") }
{ [ heat, adj.all:hot1^heatable,+ noun.artifact:heat,+ noun.cognition:heat,+ noun.attribute:heat1,+ noun.phenomenon:heat,+ noun.process:heating,+ cool,! ] hot_up2, heat_up1, change_state,@ frames: 1 (gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly") }
{ [ warm1, noun.artifact:warmer,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make warm or warmer; "The blanket will warm you") }
{ warm_up1, change,@ frames: 2 (become more friendly or open; "She warmed up after we had lunch together") }
{ [ warm, noun.process:warming,+ ] warm_up, change,@ frames: 1 (get warm or warmer; "The soup warmed slowly on the stove") }
{ [ chafe, noun.state:chafe,+ ] warm1,@ frames: 8,11 (warm by rubbing, as with the hands) }
{ [ carbonize1, noun.substance:carbon,+ ] [ carbonise1, noun.substance:carbon,+ ] [ carburize, noun.substance:carbon,+ ] [ carburise, noun.substance:carbon,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1,8,11 (unite with carbon; "carburize metal") }
{ [ cauterize, noun.act:cauterization,+ noun.artifact:cauterant,+ noun.artifact:cautery,+ noun.act:cautery,+ ] [ cauterise, noun.act:cauterisation,+ noun.artifact:cautery,+ noun.act:cautery,+ ] [ burn8, noun.state:burn1,+ ] sear,* verb.body:treat,@ burn3,@ frames: 8 (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart") }
{ [ freeze, noun.process:freeze1,+ noun.process:freezing,+ boil1,! ] freeze4,$ solidify,* change_state,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze") }
{ [ glaciate, noun.state:glaciation,+ noun.process:glaciation,+ noun.object:glacier,+ ] freeze,@ frames: 1 (become frozen and covered with glaciers)}
{ [ concrete, noun.event:concretion,+ noun.act:concretion,+ ] solidify1,@ frames: 8 (form into a solid mass; coalesce) }
{ [ boil2, noun.attribute:boil,+ noun.artifact:boiler,+ ] boil1,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates") }
{ decoct, boil2,@ frames: 8 (extract the essence of something by boiling it) }
{ [ boil1, noun.attribute:boil,+ noun.artifact:boiler,+ freeze,! ] change_state,@ frames: 1,2,8 (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius") }
{ boil_over, overboil, boil1,@ frames: 1 (overflow or cause to overflow while boiling; "The milk is boiling over") }
{ [deep_freeze, noun.artifact:deep-freeze,+] freeze2,@ frames: 8,11 (store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation; "deep-freeze the food") }
{ ice3, freeze2,@ frames: 8 (cause to become ice or icy; "an iced summer drink")}
{ quick-freeze, flash-freeze, freeze2,@ frames: 8 (freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors; "quick-freeze the shrimp") }
{ [ freeze2, noun.process:freeze1,+ noun.artifact:freezer,+ noun.process:freezing,+ ] freeze,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food") }
{ dissolve7, [ thaw, noun.phenomenon:thaw,+ noun.process:thaw,+ noun.process:thawing,+ ] unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, [ melt, adj.all:soluble1^meltable,+ noun.process:melt,+ noun.person:melter,+ noun.process:melting,+ ] liquefy,@ frames: 1,8,11 (become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat") }
{ [ deliquesce, adj.all:hydrophilic^deliquescent,+ ] melt,@ frames: 1 (melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily")}
{ [ defrost, noun.artifact:defroster,+ ] [ deice, noun.artifact:deicer,+ ] de-ice, thaw,@ frames: 1,8,11 (make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window") }
{ [ burn, adj.all:combustible^burnable,+ noun.act:burn,+ ] [ combust, adj.all:combustible,+ adj.all:combustible^combustive,+ noun.process:combustion,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well") }
{ burn_down, burn_up3, go_up4, burn,@ frames: 1 (burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames") }
{ smolder, [ smoulder, noun.event:smoulder,+ ] burn,@ frames: 1 (burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire") }
{ sear, [ scorch3, noun.state:scorch,+ noun.attribute:scorch,+ ] heat1,@ frames: 8,11 (make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside") }
{ sizzle, sear,@ frames: 8,11 (burn or sear with a sizzling sound; "The fat sizzled in the pan") }
{ [ burn1, adj.all:combustible^burnable,+ noun.attribute:burn,+ noun.act:burn,+ noun.artifact:burner,+ ] [ incinerate, noun.act:incineration,+ noun.artifact:incinerator,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 1,8,10,11 (cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil") }
{ [ incinerate1, noun.act:incineration,+ ] incinerate,$ burn_up3,@ frames: 1 (become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly")}
{ [ singe, noun.state:singe,+ ] swinge, scorch2,@ frames: 8 (burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows") }
{ [ burn2, adj.all:combustible^burnable,+ noun.attribute:burn,+ ] [ fire1, noun.artifact:fire,+ noun.process:fire,+ noun.event:fire,+ ] burn_down2, burn,$ burn1,$ verb.contact:destroy,@ frames: 8,11,10,9 (destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries") }
{ backfire, fire1,@ frames: 2 (set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire) }
{ [ cremate, noun.act:cremation,+ ] burn2,@ frames: 8,9 (reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse") }
{ [ torch, noun.artifact:torch2,+ noun.artifact:torch1,+ ] burn2,@ frames: 8 (burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns") }
{ char, blacken1, sear1, [ scorch2, noun.state:scorch,+ ] burn3,@ noun.act:cookery,;c frames: 8,11 (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling") }
{ [ blister, noun.body:blister,+ ] [ vesicate, adj.all:noxious^vesicatory,+ adj.all:noxious^vesicant,+ noun.process:vesication,+ ] swell,@ frames: 1 (get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike") }
{ blister1, blister,$ change1,@ frames: 8 (cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet")}
{ [ switch1, noun.act:switch,+ noun.act:switching,+ ] change_over1, [ shift, noun.event:shift,+ ] change1,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched") }
{ [ permute, noun.act:permutation2,+ noun.act:permutation1,+ ] [ commute, noun.act:commutation2,+ ] [ transpose, noun.act:transposition,+ ] change_by_reversal,@ frames: 1,8,11 (change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word") }
{ [ map, noun.relation:map,+ noun.relation:mapping,+ ] represent6, transpose,@ frames: 21,4 (to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)) }
{ [ transpose1, noun.act:transposition1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?") }
{ [ convert, noun.event:conversion,+ noun.artifact:converter,+ ] [change_over2, noun.event:changeover,+] change1,@ frames: 1,8,11 (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt") }
{ metricize, metricise, metrify, [ metricate, noun.act:metrication,+ ] convert,@ frames: 8 (convert from a non-metric to the metric system) }
{ [ flour, noun.food:flour,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert grain into flour) }
{ transform3, transmute, metamorphose2, change,@ frames: 1 (change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle") }
{ [ transform4, noun.artifact:transformer,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8 (increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage))}
{ [ transform5, noun.act:transformation1,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:biology,;c frames: 8 (change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species)}
{ transform6, change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8 (convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light")}
{ aurify1, transform3,@ frames: 8 (transform into gold) }
{ [ transmute1, noun.event:transmutation1,+ ] alter1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (alter the nature of (elements)) }
{ [ transform, noun.act:transformation,+ ] [ transmute2, noun.act:transmutation,+ ] [ transubstantiate, noun.act:transubstantiation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 9,10,8,11 (change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another") }
{ [ transubstantiate1, noun.cognition:transubstantiation,+ ] transform,@ noun.cognition:Christianity,;c frames: 8 (change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ)}
{ [ sorcerize, noun.cognition:sorcery,+ ] [ sorcerise, noun.cognition:sorcery,+ ] transform,@ frames: 8,9 (transform or change by means of sorcery) }
{ [ ash, noun.substance:ash1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (convert into ashes) }
{ [ translate1, noun.act:translation2,+ ] transform1, change1,@ frames: 8,21 (change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil") }
{ metricize1, metricise1, translate1,@ frames: 8 (express in the metric system) }
{ [ reclaim, noun.act:reclamation1,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 8 (make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes") }
{ metamorphose, [ transfigure, noun.act:transfiguration2,+ ] [ transmogrify, noun.act:transmogrification,+ ] change_by_reversal,@ frames: 1 (change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection")}
{ [ convert1, noun.event:conversion1,+ noun.person:convert,+ ] convert7,$ change,@ frames: 2,22 (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism") }
{ [ reform4, adj.all:helpful^reformative,+ adj.all:helpful^reformatory,+ noun.act:reform2,+ noun.person:reformist,+ noun.act:reformation1,+ ] [ reclaim8, noun.act:reclamation,+ ] regenerate5, [ rectify8, noun.act:rectification,+ ] reform3,$ change1,@ frames: 9,10,8,11 (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct")}
{ [ moralize, noun.act:moralization,+ ] [ moralise, noun.act:moralisation,+ ] reform4,@ frames: 10,9 (improve the morals of)}
{ [ regenerate6, noun.process:regeneration1,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8 (amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit) }
{ [ convert7, noun.person:convert,+ ] convert1,> change1,@ frames: 9 (cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population") }
{ Islamize, Islamise, convert1,> convert7,@ frames: 9 (convert to Islam; "The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century" )}
{ [Christianize, noun.event:Christianization,+ ] [Christianise, noun.event:Christianisation,+ ] convert7,@ frames: 9 (convert to Christianity; "missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world")}
{ Christianize1, adapt1,@ frames: 8,11 (adapt in the name of Christianity; "some people want to Christianize ancient pagan sites")}
{ Islamize1, Islamise1, change1,@ frames: 8 (cause to conform to Islamic law; "Islamize the dietary laws" )}
{ evangelize, [ evangelise, noun.communication:evangelism,+ ] convert7,@ frames: 9 (convert to Christianity; "The missionaries evangelized the Pacific Islanders") }
{ [ catholicize, noun.cognition:Catholicism,+ ] catholicise, latinize, latinise, convert7,@ frames: 9 (cause to adopt Catholicism) }
{ turn_back9, [ invert, noun.act:inversion1,+ noun.act:inversion,+ noun.artifact:inverter,+ ] [ reverse1, adj.all:reversible2,+ noun.act:reverse1,+ noun.event:reversal,+ noun.act:reversal4,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (turn inside out or upside down) }
{ invert3, reverse3, verb.cognition: reorder,@ frames: 8 (reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb")}
{ invert1, change1,@ noun.communication:music,;c frames: 8 (make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted") }
{ [ revert, adj.all:backward1^reversive,+ noun.act:reversion2,+ noun.act:reverting,+ ] [ return, noun.event:return2,+ ] [ retrovert, noun.act:retroversion,+ ] [ regress1, noun.act:regress,+ noun.act:regression,+ ] turn_back, change_by_reversal,@ frames: 1,2,4,22 (go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules") }
{ [ resile2, adj.all:elastic^resilient,+ noun.attribute:resiliency,+ noun.event:resilience,+ noun.attribute:resilience,+ ] return,@ frames: 1 (return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile")}
{ customize, customise, verb.creation:build,@ change1,@ frames: 8 (make according to requirements; "customize a car")}
{ [personalize, depersonalize,! ] [ personalise, depersonalise,! ] [ individualize, noun.Tops:individual,+ ] individualise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make personal or more personal; "personalized service") }
{ [ depersonalize, noun.state:depersonalization,+ noun.act:depersonalization,+ personalize,! ] [ depersonalise, noun.state:depersonalisation,+ noun.act:depersonalisation,+ personalise,!] objectify, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women") }
{ lay_waste_to, [ waste, noun.person:waster1,+ ] [ devastate, noun.state:devastation,+ noun.event:devastation,+ noun.act:devastation1,+ noun.act:devastation,+ ] [ desolate1, noun.state:desolation1,+ noun.state:desolation,+ noun.event:desolation,+ ] [ ravage1, noun.event:ravage,+ noun.act:ravaging,+ ] [ scourge2, noun.state:scourge,+ ] verb.contact:destroy,@ frames: 8,11 (cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion") }
{ harry, [ ravage, noun.event:ravage,+ ] verb.contact:destroy,@ frames: 8 (make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes) }
{ [ emaciate, noun.attribute:emaciation,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 2 (grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy") }
{ [ waste1, noun.process:wastage,+ noun.state:wasting1,+ ] [ emaciate1, noun.attribute:emaciation,+ ] [ macerate3, noun.attribute:maceration,+ ] emaciate,> enfeeble,@ frames: 10 (cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him") }
{ [ enfeeble, noun.event:enfeeblement,+ ] [ debilitate, adj.all:debilitating^debilitative,+ noun.state:debility,+ noun.event:debilitation,+ ] drain4, weaken1,@ frames: 10 (make weak; "Life in the camp drained him") }
{ [ enervate, noun.event:enervation,+ noun.attribute:enervation,+ ] weaken1,@ frames: 10,9 (weaken mentally or morally) }
{ pine_away, [ waste2, noun.process:wastage,+ ] [ languish, noun.person:languisher,+ ] weaken,@ frames: 1,2 (lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away") }
{ dampen, [ damp, noun.artifact:damper1,+ ] soften2, [ weaken4, noun.object:weakener,+ ] break9, deaden1,@ frames: 1,8,11 (lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall") }
{ dampen2, check2,@ frames: 8,11 (check; keep in check (a fire)) }
{ dampen3, deaden6, [ damp1, noun.artifact:damper,+ ] weaken4,@ frames: 8,11 (make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message") }
{ shush, silence,@ frames: 9 (silence (someone) by uttering `shush!') }
{ [ stifle, noun.person:stifler,+ stimulate,! ] dampen5, verb.social:suppress,@ frames: 8,11 (suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity; "Stifle your curiosity") }
{ suffocate3, choke6, stifle,@ frames: 10,11 (suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him")}
{ suffocate8, choke8, suffocate3,$ verb.stative:become1,@ frames: 2 (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village")}
{ choke_off, choke_down, choke_back, suppress,@ frames: 8,11 (suppress; "He choked down his rage") }
{ dampen4, weaken1,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)) }
{ dull1, weaken,@ frames: 8,11 (make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel") }
{ cloud3, dull1,@ frames: 11 (make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added") }
{ dull, change,@ frames: 1 (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time") }
{ pall, weaken,@ frames: 1 (lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her") }
{ sharpen, intensify,@ frames: 1 (become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened") }
{ sharpen1, sharpen,> intensify1,@ frames: 8,11 (make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments") }
{ sharpen5, heighten5, intensify1,@ frames: 8,11 (make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision") }
{ subtilize1, subtilise1, sharpen5,@ frames: 8 (make (senses) more keen) }
{ strap, verb.contact:sharpen,@ frames: 8 (sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor")}
{ sharpen8, [ taper, noun.attribute:taper,+ noun.shape:taper,+ taper_off,^ verb.stative:taper_off,^ ] [ point, noun.shape:point,+ noun.artifact:point,+ noun.attribute:point,+ ] change_shape,@ frames: 8 (give a point to; "The candles are tapered") }
{ [ acuminate, noun.plant:acumen,+ noun.cognition:acumen,+ ] sharpen8,@ frames: 8,11 (make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point) }
{ [sharpen2, flatten3,! ] change1,@ noun.communication:music,;c frames: 8 (raise the pitch of (musical notes)) }
{ [flatten3, sharpen2,! ] drop5, change1,@ noun.communication:music,;c frames: 8 (lower the pitch of (musical notes)) }
{ [ acclimatize, noun.process:acclimatization,+ noun.state:climate,+ ] [ acclimatise, noun.process:acclimatisation,+ noun.state:climate,+ ] [ acclimate, noun.state:climate,+ noun.process:acclimation,+ ] adapt2,@ frames: 2,22 (get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt") }
{ get_used_to, change,@ frames: 8,9 (get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience; "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits")}
{ [ synchronize, noun.act:synchronization1,+ noun.act:synchronization,+ noun.artifact:synchronizer,+ noun.relation:synchrony,+ noun.act:synchronizing1,+ noun.act:synchronizing,+ desynchronize,! ] [ synchronise, noun.act:synchronisation1,+ noun.act:synchronisation,+ noun.artifact:synchroniser,+ noun.relation:synchrony,+ noun.act:synchronising1,+ desynchronise,! ] sync, adjust,@ frames: 8,11 (make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts") }
{ [ phase, noun.time:phase1,+ ] synchronize,@ frames: 8 (adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine") }
{ [ desynchronize, noun.relation:desynchronization,+ noun.relation:desynchronizing,+ synchronize,!] [ desynchronise, noun.relation:desynchronisation,+ synchronise,! ] change_by_reversal,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times)}
{ [ blend, noun.event:blend,+ noun.act:blend,+ ] [ flux, noun.substance:flux,+ ] [ mix, adj.all:mixable,+ noun.artifact:mixer,+ noun.act:mix,+ noun.event:mix,+ noun.substance:mixture,+ noun.group:mixture,+ noun.food:mixture,+ noun.act:mixture,+ verb.cognition:mix_up,^ ] conflate, commingle, immix, [ fuse, adj.all:melted^fusible,+ noun.event:fusion,+ noun.act:fusion,+ ] [ coalesce, noun.act:coalition,+ noun.state:coalition,+ noun.act:coalescency,+ ] meld, [ combine, noun.group:combination,+ noun.event:combine,+ noun.act:combining,+ ] merge1, change_integrity,@ frames: 1,4,2,22 (mix together different elements; "The colors blend well")}
{ gauge3, mix,@ frames: 8, 11 (mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster")}
{ absorb, merge1,@ frames: 11 (cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax") }
{ melt2, meld6, blend,@ frames: 1,4,2,22 (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene") }
{ blend_in, mix_in, blend,@ frames: 8 (cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts") }
{ cut_in1, mix_in,@ frames: 8 (mix in with cutting motions) }
{ [ accrete, adj.all:increasing^accretive,+ ] merge1,@ noun.Tops:plant,;c frames: 1 (grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together") }
{ [ conjugate, noun.substance:conjugate,+ ] mix,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds) }
{ [ admix, noun.artifact:admixture,+ noun.act:admixture,+ ] mix,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils") }
{ alloy2, combine,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c noun.cognition:metallurgy,;c frames: 8 (make an alloy of) }
{ [ fuse2, adj.all:melted^fusible,+ noun.act:fusion,+ ] fuse3,$ melt1,@ frames: 8,11 (make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains") }
{ [ fuse3, adj.all:melted^fusible,+ ] liquefy,@ heat,* frames: 1 (become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature") }
{ crumble, fall_apart4, disintegrate,@ frames: 1,4 (break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling") }
{ [ disintegrate, adj.all:disintegrative,+ noun.state:disintegration,+ noun.process:disintegration1,+ integrate,! ] change_integrity,@ frames: 1,11 (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died") }
{ digest7, digest4,$ disintegrate,@ frames: 1 (soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture)}
{ fold, incorporate,@ frames: 8,21 (incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter") }
{ reintegrate, integrate,@ frames: 8,11 (integrate again; "Russia must be reintegrated into Europe") }
{ [ macerate1, noun.process:maceration,+ ] soak1,* soften1,@ frames: 11 (soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system") }
{ [ macerate2, adj.pert:macerative,+ ] soften,@ frames: 1 (become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water")}
{ macerate4, macerate2,$ verb.contact:separate2,@ frames: 11 (separate into constituents by soaking)}
{ [ disintegrate1, noun.process:disintegration2,+ ] [ decay1, noun.process:decay3,+ noun.process:decay1,+ ] decompose2, change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 1 (lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process") }
{ [ disintegrate3, adj.all:disintegrative,+ noun.process:disintegration2,+ ] disintegrate1,$ change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 11 (cause to undergo fission or lose particles)}
{ [ putrefy, adj.all:septic^putrefactive,+ adj.all:septic^putrefacient,+ noun.state:putrefaction,+ noun.process:putrefaction,+ ] decay2,@ verb.perception:smell,* frames: 1,4 (become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies") }
{ [ magnetize, noun.quantity:magnetization,+ noun.process:magnetization,+ noun.attribute:magnetization,+ noun.artifact:magnet,+ demagnetize,! ] [ magnetise, noun.process:magnetisation,+ noun.artifact:magnet,+ demagnetise,! ] change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8,11 (make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings") }
{ [ demagnetize, noun.process:demagnetization,+ magnetize,! ] [ demagnetise, noun.process:demagnetisation,+ magnetise,! ] [ degauss, noun.process:degaussing,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8,11 (make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship")}
{ [ simplify, noun.communication:simplification,+ noun.act:simplification2,+ noun.act:simplification,+ complicate,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives") }
{ [ oversimplify, noun.communication:oversimplification,+ ] simplify,@ frames: 8 (make too simple; "Don't oversimplify the instructions") }
{ [ complicate1, noun.attribute:complication,+ noun.act:complication,+ ] refine6, rarify, [ elaborate, noun.event:elaboration,+ noun.attribute:elaboration,+ noun.act:elaboration,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern") }
{ [ complexify, noun.attribute:complexity,+ noun.person:complexifier,+ ] complicate,@ frames: 10,8 (make complex; "he unnecessarily complexified every problem") }
{ complexify1, [ ramify4, noun.event:ramification,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify")}
{ involve, complicate1,@ frames: 8,11 (make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved") }
{ [ refine5, noun.communication:refinement,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation") }
{ refine3, attenuate,@ frames: 8,11 (attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet") }
{ develop13, verb.communication:develop,$ elaborate,@ frames: 8 (elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; "develop the melody and change the key") }
{ [ sophisticate, noun.cognition:sophistication1,+ ] complicate1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design")}
{ [ complicate, noun.state:complication1,+ noun.state:complication,+ noun.event:complication,+ noun.act:complication,+ simplify,! ] perplex, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter") }
{ [ snarl, noun.cognition:snarl,+ ] snarl_up, embrangle, complicate,@ frames: 8,11 (make more complicated or confused through entanglements)}
{ [ snafu, noun.act:snafu,+ ] snarl,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to be in a state of complete confusion)}
{ [ pressurize, noun.phenomenon:pressure,+ depressurize,! ] [ pressurise, noun.phenomenon:pressure,+ depressurise,! ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort") }
{ [ pressurize1, noun.phenomenon:pressure,+ ] [ pressurise1, noun.phenomenon:pressure,+ ] verb.stative:keep,@ frames: 8 (maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit") }
{ [ supercharge, noun.artifact:supercharger,+ ] [ pressurize2, noun.phenomenon:pressure,+ ] [ pressurise2, noun.phenomenon:pressure,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (increase the pressure on a gas or liquid) }
{ [ puncture, noun.event:puncture,+ ] depressurize,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing; "puncture an air balloon") }
{ [depressurize, pressurize,! ] [ depressurise, pressurise,! ] [ decompress, noun.act:decompression,+ noun.act:decompressing,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane") }
{ [ structure, noun.cognition:structure,+ noun.attribute:structure,+ ] organize,@ frames: 8,11 (give a structure to; "I need to structure my days") }
{ restructure2, reconstitute2, structure,@ frames: 8,11 (construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted")}
{ [ organize, noun.person:organizer,+ noun.artifact:organizer,+ noun.group:organization1,+ noun.cognition:organization,+ noun.attribute:organization,+ noun.act:organization2,+ noun.act:organization1,+ noun.act:organization,+ ] [ organise, noun.cognition:organisation,+ noun.attribute:organisation,+ noun.act:organisation1,+ noun.act:organisation,+ ] [ coordinate, noun.person:coordinator,+ ] verb.contact:arrange,@ frames: 8,11 (bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?") }
{ [ interlock, noun.act:interlock,+ ] mesh, coordinate,@ frames: 8 (coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively) }
{ [ centralize, noun.act:centralization1,+ noun.act:centralization,+ decentralize,! ] [ centralise, noun.act:centralisation1,+ noun.act:centralisation,+ decentralise,! ] [concentrate2, deconcentrate,!] change1,@ frames: 1,8 (make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food") }
{ [ decentralize, noun.process:decentralization,+ noun.act:decentralization,+ centralize,! centralise,! ][deconcentrate, concentrate2,!] [ decentralise, noun.act:decentralisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 1,8 (make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized") }
{ [ socialize, noun.act:socialization2,+ ] [ socialise, noun.act:socialisation2,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!") }
{ [ socialize1, noun.act:socialization,+ ] [ socialise1, noun.act:socialisation,+ ] prepare,@ frames: 9,10 (prepare for social life; "Children have to be socialized in school") }
{ fix3, [ prepare, adj.all:preceding^preparative,+ adj.all:preceding^preparatory,+ noun.state:preparation,+ noun.act:preparation2,+ frames: 2] set_up2, [ ready, noun.state:ready,+ noun.act:readying,+ ] [gear_up, frames: 2] [ set9, noun.cognition:set,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11,20,21,28 (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") }
{ [ provide5, adj.all:provident,+ ] prepare,@ frames: 22 (take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship")}
{ [ cram, noun.person:crammer1,+ noun.group:crammer,+ noun.communication:crammer,+ ] verb.cognition:cram,$ prepare,@ frames: 9 (prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam)}
{ [ precondition, noun.cognition:precondition,+ ] prepare,@ frames: 11 (put into the required condition beforehand) }
{ [ fix2, noun.act:fixing2,+ ] prepare,@ noun.cognition:cytology,;c frames: 8 (kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study) }
{ [ mount1, noun.artifact:mount1,+ noun.artifact:mount,+ noun.person:mounter1,+ noun.artifact:mounting,+ ] prepare,@ frames: 8 (fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for macroscopic analysis") }
{ set_up, lay_out, [ set12, noun.cognition:set,+ noun.artifact:setting2,+ ] prepare,@ frames: 8 (get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery") }
{ [ rig, noun.artifact:rig1,+ noun.person:rigger,+ noun.artifact:rigging1,+ noun.artifact:rigging,+ ] set6, set_up3, verb.possession:equip,@ frames: 8 (equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship") }
{ [ winterize, noun.time:winter,+ summerize,!] winterise, prepare,@ frames: 8 (prepare for winter; "winterize cars"; "winterize your houses") }
{ [ summerize, noun.time:summer,+ winterize,!] summerise, prepare,@ frames: 8 (prepare for summer; "summerize your car"; "summerize a house") }
{ [ prime, noun.artifact:primer,+ ] prepare,@ frames: 8,9,10,11,21 (insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine") }
{ [ communize, noun.act:communization2,+ noun.group:communism,+ noun.cognition:communism,+ ] [ communise, noun.act:communisation1,+ noun.location:commune,+ noun.group:commune,+ ] nationalize,@ frames: 8 (make into property owned by the state; "The new government communized all banks")}
{ internationalize, internationalise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make international in character; "We internationalized the committee") }
{ [ communize1, noun.act:communization,+ noun.group:communism,+ noun.cognition:communism,+ ] [ communise1, noun.act:communisation,+ noun.location:commune,+ noun.group:commune,+ ] [ bolshevize, noun.person:bolshevik1,+ ] [ bolshevise, noun.person:bolshevik1,+ noun.person:bolshevik,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; "communize the government") }
{ [ Americanize, adj.pert:american1,+ noun.process:americanization,+ ] [ Americanise, noun.process:americanisation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,2 (become American in character; "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized") }
{ [ Europeanize1, noun.process:europeanization,+ ] [ Europeanise1, noun.process:europeanisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 10,11 (make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas) }
{ Europeanize, Europeanise, change1,@ frames: 8 (denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations) }
{ [ bestialize, adj.all:inhumane^bestial,+ ] bestialise, change1,@ frames: 10,11 (make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to) }
{ [ Americanize1, adj.pert:american1,+ noun.process:americanization,+ noun.person:american,+ ] [ Americanise1, noun.process:americanisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,9 (make American in character; "The year in the US has completely Americanized him") }
{ [ Frenchify, noun.person:french,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 2,1 (become French in appearance or character; "This restaurant has Frenchified") }
{ [ Frenchify1, noun.person:french,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (make French in appearance or character; "let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money") }
{ [ modernize2, noun.act:modernization,+ ] [ modernise2, noun.act:modernisation,+ ] [ develop9, noun.act:development1,+ ] change,@ frames: 9 (become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly") }
{ [ civilize1, noun.group:civilization,+ ] [ civilise1, noun.process:civilisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 9,10 (raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized")}
{ [ nationalize, noun.act:nationalization,+ denationalize,! ] [ nationalise, noun.act:nationalisation,+ denationalise,! ] change1,@ frames: 8 (put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks") }
{ [ denationalize, noun.act:denationalization,+ nationalize,! ] [ denationalise, noun.act:denationalisation,+ nationalise,! ] change1,@ frames: 8 (put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized") }
{ [privatize, noun.act:privatization,+] [privatise, noun.act: privatisation,+] denationalize,@ noun.act:industry,;c noun.act:business1,;c frames: 8 (change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized") }
{ [ naturalize, noun.act:naturalization,+ denaturalize,!] [ naturalise, noun.act:naturalisation,+ ] change1,@ immigrate,* frames: 9 (make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year") }
{ [denaturalize, naturalize,!] denaturalise, change1,@ frames: 9 (strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized") }
{ [ naturalize1, noun.attribute:naturalization,+ denaturalize1,!] [ naturalise1, noun.attribute:naturalisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make more natural or lifelike) }
{ [denaturalize1, naturalize1,!] denaturalise1, change1,@ frames: 8 (make less natural or unnatural) }
{ [ naturalize2, noun.act:naturalization1,+ ] [ naturalise2, noun.act:naturalisation1,+ ] adapt1,@ frames: 8 (adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting")}
{ [ adopt, adj.all:adoptable,+ adj.all:adoptive,+ noun.person:adoptee,+ noun.act:adoption2,+ noun.person:adopter,+ ] take_in3, verb.possession:take,@ frames: 9,20 (take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua") }
{ [ immigrate, noun.group:immigration,+ noun.act:immigration,+ noun.person:immigrant,+ emigrate,! ] verb.motion:migrate,@ verb.motion:arrive,* frames: 2,22 (come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century") }
{ [ immigrate2, noun.group:immigration,+ ] verb.motion:introduce,@ frames: 9,20 (introduce or send as immigrants; "Britain immigrated many colonists to America") }
{ [ settle, noun.location:settlement,+ noun.group:settlement,+ noun.act:settlement1,+ noun.person:settler,+ ] [ locate, noun.act:location2,+ noun.Tops:location,+ ] verb.motion:move2,* frames: 22 (take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest") }
{ [ colonize, noun.act:colonization,+ noun.group:colony,+ ] [ colonise, noun.act:colonisation,+ noun.group:colony,+ ] settle,@ frames: 8 (settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast") }
{ [ relocate1, noun.act:relocation2,+ noun.act:relocation,+ ] relocate,$ verb.motion:move1,@ frames: 8 (move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high")}
{ [ relocate, noun.act:relocation2,+ noun.act:relocation,+ ] verb.motion:move2,@ frames: 2 (become established in a new location; "Our company relocated to the Midwest")}
{ [ dislocate1, noun.state:dislocation,+ noun.event:dislocation,+ noun.act:dislocation,+ ] verb.motion:displace,@ frames: 9,10 (put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives") }
{ [ settle1, noun.location:settlement,+ noun.group:settlement,+ noun.person:settler,+ ] verb.motion:migrate,* frames: 22 (form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota") }
{ [ homestead, noun.possession:homestead1,+ noun.person:homesteader,+ ] settle1,@ frames: 8 (settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead) }
{ settle2, root2, take_root1, steady_down, settle_down, stabilize,@ frames: 2,22 (become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down") }
{ roost, settle2,@ frames: 2,22 (settle down or stay, as if on a roost) }
{ set_in, frames: 1 (become established; "winter has set in") }
{ [ resettle, noun.act:resettlement,+ ] settle,@ frames: 22 (settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle") }
{ [ immigrate1, noun.act:immigration,+ ] verb.motion:migrate,@ frames: 1,4 (migrate to a new environment; "only few plants can immigrate to the island") }
{ [ emigrate, noun.act:emigration,+ noun.person:emigrant,+ immigrate,! ] verb.motion:leave1,* verb.motion:migrate,@ frames: 2,22 (leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period") }
{ [ expatriate1, noun.act:expatriation1,+ noun.person:expatriate,+ ] emigrate,@ frames: 2 (move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad)}
{ steady, calm, becalm, stabilize,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (make steady; "steady yourself") }
{ [even1, verb.stative: even_out,^ verb.stative:even_off,^ verb.stative:even_up,^ ] even_out, even,> regularize,@ frames: 8,11 (make even or more even) }
{ even, even_out1, change1,@ frames: 1 (become even or more even; "even out the surface") }
{ equal, match7, [ equalize, noun.act:equalization,+ noun.artifact:equalizer,+ ] [ equalise, noun.act:equalisation,+ noun.artifact:equaliser,+ ] [ equate, noun.person:equal,+ noun.state:equation,+ noun.shape:equator,+ ] verb.stative:match1,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors") }
{ [ homologize, noun.attribute:homology,+ ] homologise, equalize,@ frames: 8 (make homologous) }
{ [ stiffen1, noun.substance:stiffener,+ noun.process:stiffening,+ loosen1,! ] stiffen,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine") }
{ [ starch, noun.substance:starch,+ ] stiffen1,@ frames: 8 (stiffen with starch; "starch clothes") }
{ [ buckram, noun.artifact:buckram,+ ] stiffen1,@ frames: 8 (stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt") }
{ [ rigidify1, noun.attribute:rigidity,+ noun.attribute:rigidity1,+ ] [ ossify2, noun.process:ossification1,+ noun.attribute:ossification,+ ] petrify2, stiffen1,@ frames: 11 (make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking") }
{ [ rigidify, noun.process:rigidification,+ noun.attribute:rigidity,+ noun.process:rigidifying,+ ] stiffen,@ frames: 1 (become rigid; "The body rigidified") }
{ [ stiffen, noun.act:stiffening,+ loosen,! ] change,@ frames: 1,2 (become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room") }
{ stiffen2, tighten2, tighten_up, constrain, restrict,@ frames: 8 (severely restrict in scope or extent; "tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations") }
{ [clamp_down10, noun.act:clampdown,+] [crack_down10, noun.act:crackdown,+] restrict,@ frames: 8 (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs") }
{ [ loosen, noun.event:loosening,+ noun.act:loosening,+ stiffen,! ] [ relax2, noun.event:relaxation,+ ] loose1, weaken,@ frames: 1,2 (become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed") }
{ [ loosen1, noun.event:loosening,+ noun.act:loosening,+ stiffen1,!] loose2, loosen,> change1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope") }
{ [ relax1, noun.process:relaxation1,+ noun.object:relaxer,+ ] unbend, loosen1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope") }
{ unbrace1, relax1,@ frames: 8 (remove from tension) }
{ tighten, change,@ frames: 1 (become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened")}
{ [ tighten1, noun.act:tightening,+ ] fasten, change1,@ frames: 8 (make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire")}
{ frap, tighten1,@ frames: 8 (take up the slack of; "frap a rope") }
{ tauten1, firm1, tighten1,@ frames: 8,11 (make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope") }
{ tauten, firm, tighten,@ frames: 1 (become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened") }
{ [ transitivize, adj.all:transitive,+ detransitivize,! ] transitivise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make transitive; "adding `out' to many verbs transitivizes them") }
{ [detransitivize, transitivize,! ] detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (intransitivize; "removing the object will intransitivize the verbs") }
{ [ slacken1, noun.event:slackening,+ ] remit, slacken,> loosen1,@ frames: 8,11 (make slack as by lessening tension or firmness) }
{ douse1, dowse1, slacken1,@ frames: 8,11 (slacken; "douse a rope") }
{ [slacken, slacken_off,^ ] weaken,@ frames: 1 (become looser or slack; "the rope slackened") }
{ [ absent, noun.person:absentee,+ noun.act:absence,+ ] remove1, disappear,@ frames: 9,20 (go away or leave; "He absented himself") }
{ [ evanesce, adj.all:impermanent^evanescent,+ noun.event:evanescence,+ ] fade, blow_over, pass_off1, fleet, [ pass1, noun.event:passing2,+ ] disappear,@ frames: 1,4 (disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off") }
{ [ fade1, noun.event:fading,+ ] [ wither1, noun.event:withering,+ ] disappear,@ frames: 1,2 (lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading") }
{ [ appear, adj.all:obvious^apparent,+ noun.act:apparition,+ noun.event:appearance,+ noun.attribute:appearance,+ disappear,! ] frames: 1,2,22,4 (come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon") }
{ peep, appear,@ frames: 4 (appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops")}
{ erupt6, erupt4,$ appear,@ frames: 1,4 (appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant")}
{ [ manifest, noun.event:manifestation1,+ ] appear,@ frames: 1,2 (reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day")}
{ wash_up, appear,@ frames: 1,4 (be carried somewhere by water or as if by water; "The body washed up on the beach")}
{ come_to_light, come_to_hand, appear,@ frames: 1 (be revealed or disclosed; "The truth finally came to light") }
{ gleam, appear2,@ frames: 1,4 (appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind") }
{ come_on1, come_out, turn_up, [ surface, noun.cognition:surface1,+ ] show_up, appear,@ frames: 1,2,4,22 (appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again") }
{ [ emerge, noun.act:emersion1,+ noun.event:emergence,+ noun.act:emergence,+ ] appear,@ frames: 4,22 (come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office")}
{ burst2, emerge,@ frames: 4,22 (emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view") }
{ get_on1, be_on, verb.communication:air2,@ frames: 1,2,4,22 (appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; "The news won't be on tonight") }
{ [ outcrop, noun.object:outcropping,+ noun.object:outcrop,+ ] appear,@ frames: 1,4 (appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped") }
{ [ flash3, noun.communication:flash,+ noun.event:flash1,+ noun.event:flashing,+ ] appear,@ frames: 4,22 (appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen")}
{ [ flash4, noun.attribute:flash,+ noun.event:flash,+ noun.artifact:flasher1,+ noun.artifact:flasher,+ ] appear,@ frames: 1 (emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone") }
{ [ appear2, noun.act:apparition,+ disappear2,!] come_along, frames: 1,2 (come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago") }
{ [ fulminate1, adj.all:sudden^fulminant,+ ] appear2,@ frames: 1 (come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated") }
{ turn_out, appear,@ frames: 1,2 (come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?") }
{ resurface, reappear,@ frames: 1,4,2,22 (appear again; "The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York") }
{ basset, crop_out, appear,@ frames: 4 (appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets") }
{ appear1, come_out1, materialize,@ frames: 1,4 (be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet") }
{ pop_out1, burst_out1, appear,@ frames: 1,4 (appear suddenly; "Spring popped up everywhere in the valley") }
{ [ reappear, noun.event:reappearance,+ noun.act:reappearance,+ ] re-emerge, appear,@ frames: 1,2,22,4 (appear again; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago") }
{ [ emerge1, noun.act:emersion1,+ noun.event:emergence1,+ ] appear,@ frames: 34 (become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study")}
{ [break_through, noun.act:breakthrough1,+ ] come_through, appear,@ frames: 1 (penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft") }
{ [ disappear, noun.act:disappearance,+ noun.act:disappearing,+ appear,! ] [ vanish, noun.person:vanisher,+ noun.event:vanishing,+ ] go_away, frames: 1,2,22,4 (get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace") }
{ vanish2, [ disappear2, noun.act:disappearance1,+ appear2,!] verb.stative:cease13,@ frames: 1 (cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished") }
{ skip_town, take_a_powder, disappear,@ frames: 2 (disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)) }
{ die_out, die_off, disappear,@ frames: 1,2 (become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out") }
{ [ minimize, noun.act:minimization,+ noun.quantity:minimum,+ maximize,! ] [ minimise, noun.act:minimisation,+ noun.quantity:minimum,+ maximise,! ] decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk") }
{ [ hedge, noun.person:hedger1,+ ] minimize,@ frames: 8 (minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets")}
{ [scale_down, scale_up,! ] decrease,* rescale,@ proportion,@ frames: 8 (reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down") }
{ [scale_up, scale_down,! ] increase,* proportion,@ rescale,@ frames: 8 (increase proportionally; "scale up the model") }
{ [ maximize, noun.act:maximization,+ noun.quantity:maximum,+ noun.attribute:maximum,+ minimize,! ] [ maximise, noun.act:maximisation,+ noun.quantity:maximum,+ noun.attribute:maximum,+ minimise,! ] increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!") }
{ [ maximize1, noun.quantity:maximum,+ noun.attribute:maximum,+ ] [ maximise1, noun.quantity:maximum,+ noun.attribute:maximum,+ ] verb.consumption:exploit1,@ frames: 8 (make the most of; "He maximized his role") }
{ [ reduce, adj.all:subtractive^reductive,+ noun.act:reduction,+ ] cut_down, [cut_back1, noun.act:cutback,+] [ trim, noun.act:trim,+ ] trim_down, trim_back, cut6, bring_down, decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits") }
{ spill4, reduce,@ noun.act:sailing,;c frames: 8 (reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))}
{ quench4, reduce,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8 (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)}
{ cut12, cut6,$ decrease1,@ frames: 4 (have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings")}
{ [ retrench, noun.act:retrenchment,+ ] reduce,@ frames: 2,1 (make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench") }
{ slash, reduce,@ frames: 8,11 (cut drastically; "Prices were slashed") }
{ thin_out, reduce,@ frames: 8 (make sparse; "thin out the young plants") }
{ thin_out1, decrease,@ frames: 1 (become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out") }
{ [ thin1, noun.substance:thinner,+ thicken1,! ] thin,> reduce,@ frames: 8,11 (make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution") }
{ draw8, draw15,$ draw4,$ thin1,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire") }
{ [thin, thicken,! ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)}
{ [thicken, thin,! ] [ inspissate, noun.act:inspissation,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate") }
{ [ thicken1, noun.substance:thickener,+ noun.act:thickening,+ thin1,! ] [ inspissate1, noun.act:inspissation,+ ] inspissate,$ thicken,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch") }
{ [ thicken2, noun.substance:thickener,+ noun.act:thickening,+ ] [ inspissate3, noun.process:inspissation,+ noun.act:inspissation,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 8,11 (make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour") }
{ [ decline, noun.process:decline2,+ ] go_down, [ wane2, noun.process:wane,+ noun.event:waning,+ ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned") }
{ [ dip1, noun.shape:dip1,+ ] decline,@ frames: 1 (go down momentarily; "Prices dipped") }
{ wear_on, decline,@ frames: 1 (pass slowly (of time); "The day wore on") }
{ heighten2, increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest") }
{ heighten1, [ rise2, noun.event:rise,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 1 (become more extreme; "The tension heightened") }
{ shoot_up, increase,@ frames: 1 (rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight") }
{ [ drop, noun.attribute:drop,+ ] decline,@ frames: 1 (go down in value; "Stock prices dropped") }
{ [ slump, noun.state:slump,+ noun.process:slump,+ ] [fall_off, noun.process:falloff,+ ] sink, drop,@ frames: 1 (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off") }
{ [ tumble, noun.act:tumble1,+ ] drop,@ frames: 1 (fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency") }
{ [ wax, noun.event:waxing,+ wane,! ] [ mount, noun.act:mount,+ noun.event:mounting,+ ] [ climb, noun.event:climb,+ ] [ rise3, noun.attribute:rise1,+ ] increase,@ frames: 1 (go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered") }
{ [ wax1, noun.event:waxing,+ wane1,! ] full, increase,@ frames: 1 (increase in phase; "the moon is waxing") }
{ full1, change1,@ frames: 8 (make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering)}
{ [ wane1, noun.process:wane,+ noun.event:waning,+ wax1,!] decrease,@ frames: 1 (decrease in phase; "the moon is waning") }
{ [ wane, noun.event:waning,+ wax,! ] decrease,@ frames: 1 (become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned") }
{ [ magnify, noun.attribute:magnitude1,+ noun.attribute:magnitude,+ noun.relation:magnification,+ noun.communication:magnification,+ noun.artifact:magnification,+ noun.act:magnification,+ ] [ amplify, noun.artifact:amplifier,+ ] enlarge,@ frames: 1,8,11 (increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind") }
{ [ fail, noun.state:failure1,+ ] go_bad1, give_way, die4, give_out, conk_out, go3, [ break5, adj.all:breakable,+ ] [break_down, noun.event:breakdown1,+ ] go,$ break6,$ change,@ frames: 1 (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident")}
{ [ crash10, noun.event:crash3,+ ] go_down14, fail,@ frames: 1 (stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week") }
{ give_way1, yield, change,@ frames: 1,2,22 (end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram") }
{ [blow_out, noun.event:blowout,+ ] burn_out, blow4, break5,@ frames: 1 (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew") }
{ [unfurl, roll_up,! ] unroll, change_surface,@ frames: 1,8 (unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner") }
{ [roll_up, unfurl,! ] wrap_up, change_surface,@ frames: 1,8 (form a cylinder by rolling; "roll up a banner") }
{ roll_up1, furl, change_shape,@ frames: 1,8 (form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth") }
{ douse2, furl,@ frames: 8 (lower quickly; "douse a sail") }
{ reef, furl,@ frames: 8 (roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area) }
{ bolt, roll_up1,@ frames: 1 (make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric") }
{ [ diversify, noun.attribute:diversity1,+ noun.state:diversification,+ noun.act:diversification,+ specialize,! specialise,! ] branch_out, broaden5, change2,@ frames: 8,1,2 (vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified") }
{ [ diversify3, noun.state:diversification,+ ] [ radiate5, noun.event:radiation,+ ] vary1,@ frames: 1 (spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified")}
{ [ vary4, adj.all:varied^variable,+ adj.all:variable^variant,+ noun.act:variation1,+ ] [ variegate, noun.act:variegation,+ ] [ motley1, noun.group:motley,+ ] diversify2,@ frames: 8 (make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu") }
{ [ diversify2, noun.attribute:diversity2,+ noun.state:diversification,+ noun.act:diversification,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study")}
{ checker, chequer, variegate,@ frames: 8 (variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns) }
{ [specialize, diversify,! ] [ specialise, diversify,! ] narrow5, narrow_down1, change2,@ frames: 1,2,4,22 (become more focused on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history")}
{ [ specialize1, noun.act:specialization1,+ ] [ specialise1, noun.act:specialisation1,+ ] modify,@ frames: 8 (suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"; "this kind of beak has become specialized in certain Galapagos finches") }
{ overspecialize, overspecialise, specialize,@ frames: 1,2,4,22 (become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian")}
{ [ accelerate, adj.all:increasing^acceleratory,+ adj.all:increasing^accelerative,+ decelerate,! ] [speed_up, noun.act:speedup,+] [ speed, noun.act:speed,+ noun.time:speed,+ noun.attribute:speed,+ ] [ quicken1, noun.act:quickening,+ ] intensify,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (move faster; "The car accelerated") }
{ [ decelerate1, noun.attribute:deceleration,+ accelerate1,!] [slow_down2, noun.act:slowdown,+] modify10,@ frames: 8,11,10,9 (reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car") }
{ [ retard1, noun.object:retardation,+ ] slow_down2,@ frames: 8,10 (cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate") }
{ deaden2, retard1,@ frames: 8,11 (lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway") }
{ deaden3, change1,@ frames: 11 (make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine") }
{ fishtail, decelerate1,@ frames: 8 (slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway") }
{ [ accelerate1, adj.all:increasing^acceleratory,+ adj.all:increasing^accelerative,+ noun.attribute:acceleration,+ noun.act:acceleration,+ noun.artifact:accelerator2,+ noun.artifact:accelerator,+ decelerate1,!] [ speed2, noun.act:speed,+ noun.time:speed,+ noun.attribute:speed,+ ] [speed_up1, noun.act:speedup,+] modify10,@ frames: 8,11,10,9 (cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car") }
{ rev_up, [ rev, noun.time:rev,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8 (increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine") }
{ rev_up1, step_up1, increase2,@ frames: 8 (speed up; "let's rev up production") }
{ [ decelerate, noun.attribute:deceleration,+ accelerate,! ] [ slow, noun.attribute:slowing,+ ] [slow_down, noun.act:slowdown,+] slow_up1, [ retard, noun.attribute:retardation,+ noun.act:retardation,+ ] decrease,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated") }
{ check2, [ retard7, noun.person:retard,+ noun.cognition:retardation,+ ] [ delay5, noun.time:delay,+ noun.act:delay,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development") }
{ [ slow1, noun.attribute:slowing,+ ] [slow_down1, noun.act:slowdown,+] slow_up3, [ slack5, noun.process:slack,+ ] slacken2, weaken,@ frames: 1,2 (become slow or slower; "Production slowed") }
{ slow5, [slow_down4, noun.act:slowdown,+] slow_up2, slow,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down") }
{ clog, constipate1, slow5,@ frames: 10, 11 (impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today") }
{ [ slack3, noun.process:slack,+ ] slacken3, slack_up, [ relax5, noun.event:relaxation,+ ] decrease1,@ frames: 8,11 (make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now") }
{ [ decrease1, noun.event:decrease,+ increase2,!] lessen2, minify, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make smaller; "He decreased his staff") }
{ diminish4, belittle, lessen2,@ frames: 10,9,11,8 (lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues") }
{ [ quicken, noun.object:quickener,+ ] [ invigorate1, noun.attribute:invigoration,+ noun.act:invigoration,+ ] stimulate,@ frames: 8,10,11 (give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him") }
{ [ gasify, noun.process:gasification,+ noun.substance:gas3,+ noun.substance:gas2,+ noun.substance:gas,+ noun.state:gas,+ ] [ vaporize, adj.all:volatile^vaporizable,+ noun.process:vaporization,+ noun.substance:vapor1,+ noun.process:vapor,+ ] [ vaporise, noun.process:vaporisation,+ noun.substance:vapor1,+ noun.process:vapor,+ ] [ aerify, noun.substance:air,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 1,8,11 (turn into gas; "The substance gasified") }
{ jell, [ set7, noun.process:set,+ ] [ congeal, noun.process:congelation,+ ] solidify,@ frames: 1 (become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme") }
{ [ curdle1, noun.process:curdling,+ ] coagulate,@ frames: 11,8,1 (turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled") }
{ [ curdle2, noun.process:curdling,+ ] spoil,@ frames: 1 (go bad or sour; "The milk curdled") }
{ [ harden, noun.process:hardening,+ soften,! ] [ indurate, noun.state:induration,+ ] indurate1,$ change,@ frames: 1,2 (become hard or harder; "The wax hardened") }
{ [ harden1, noun.act:hardening,+ soften1,! ] [ indurate1, noun.state:induration,+ ] harden,> change,@ frames: 8,10,11 (make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter") }
{ [ crystallize, noun.phenomenon:crystallization,+ noun.object:crystallization,+ noun.phenomenon:crystallizing,+ noun.substance:crystal1,+ noun.substance:crystal,+ ] [ crystalize, noun.substance:crystal1,+ noun.substance:crystal,+ noun.object:crystal,+ ] crystalise, effloresce1, solidify,@ frames: 1 (assume crystalline form; become crystallized) }
{ [ liquefy, adj.all:liquid^liquefiable,+ noun.process:liquefaction,+ ] [ flux1, noun.event:flux,+ ] [ liquify, adj.all:liquid^liquifiable,+ noun.substance:liquid,+ noun.state:liquid,+ ] change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 1 (become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied") }
{ [ liquefy1, adj.all:liquid^liquefiable,+ noun.process:liquefaction,+ ] [ liquify1, adj.all:liquid^liquifiable,+ noun.substance:liquid,+ noun.state:liquid,+ ] [ liquidize, noun.artifact:liquidizer,+ ] [ liquidise, noun.artifact:liquidizer,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8,11 (make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; "liquefy the silver")}
{ [ melt1, adj.all:soluble1^meltable,+ noun.process:melt,+ noun.process:melting,+ ] run, melt_down, dissolve1,@ frames: 1,8,11 (reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun") }
{ try, render4, melt1,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8 (melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole") }
{ [ solidify, noun.process:solidification,+ noun.substance:solid4,+ noun.state:solid,+ noun.shape:solid,+ noun.process:solidifying,+ ] change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 1 (become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled") }
{ [ solidify1, noun.process:solidification,+ noun.state:solid,+ noun.process:solidifying,+ ] solidify,> change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8,11 (make solid or more solid; cause to solidify) }
{ [ freeze4, noun.process:freezing,+ ] freeze_out, freeze_down, solidify,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8 (change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit") }
{ [ crystallize1, noun.phenomenon:crystallization,+ noun.object:crystallization,+ noun.phenomenon:crystallizing,+ noun.substance:crystal1,+ noun.substance:crystal,+ ] [ crystallise1, noun.phenomenon:crystallisation,+ ] [ crystalize1, noun.substance:crystal1,+ noun.substance:crystal,+ noun.object:crystal,+ ] crystalise1, crystallize,> change_integrity,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8,11 (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals") }
{ [ dissolve, noun.process:dissolution1,+ noun.substance:dissolver,+ noun.process:dissolving,+ ] disintegrate,@ frames: 1 (pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee") }
{ [ solvate, noun.substance:solvate,+ noun.substance:solvent,+ noun.process:solvation,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (undergo solvation or convert into a solvate) }
{ [ solvate1, noun.substance:solvate,+ noun.substance:solvent,+ noun.process:solvation,+ ] solvate,> change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 11 (cause a solvation in (a substance)) }
{ [ react, adj.all:reactive,+ noun.process:reaction,+ noun.substance:reactant,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react") }
{ [ build2, noun.substance:builder,+ ] improve1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 11 (improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents") }
{ [ dissolve1, noun.process:dissolution1,+ noun.substance:dissolvent,+ noun.substance:dissolver,+ noun.process:dissolving,+ ] [ resolve7, noun.substance:resolvent,+ ] break_up3, dissolve,> change_integrity,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water") }
{ cut15, dissolve1,@ frames: 11 (dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease") }
{ [ dissolve3, noun.communication:dissolve,+ ] [fade_out, noun.event:fadeout,+] fade_away, change_state,@ frames: 1 (become weaker; "The sound faded out") }
{ dissolve11, dissolve3,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture")}
{ etch3, dissolve11,@ frames: 11 (selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons)}
{ [validate, invalidate,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make valid or confirm the validity of; "validate a ticket") }
{ [ invalidate, noun.act:invalidation,+ validate,! ] [ void, adj.all:revocable^voidable,+ ] [ vitiate, noun.act:vitiation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract") }
{ [ empty, noun.artifact:empty,+ fill,! ] discharge, change_state,@ frames: 1 (become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied") }
{ clean_out, clear_out, empty1,@ frames: 8 (empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers") }
{ flow_away, flow_off, empty,@ frames: 1 (flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe") }
{ bleed, empty1,@ frames: 8 (drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine") }
{ [ evacuate, noun.act:evacuation,+ ] empty1,@ frames: 8,11 (empty completely; "evacuate the bottle") }
{ bail_out, bale_out, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side) }
{ evacuate1, empty1,@ frames: 8,11 (create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)) }
{ [ empty1, noun.artifact:empty,+ noun.act:emptying,+ fill1,! ] empty,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building") }
{ eviscerate2, empty1,@ noun.act:medicine,;c frames: 8 (remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach")}
{ [ void4, noun.shape:void,+ ] empty1,@ frames: 8 (clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience")}
{ clear10, empty1,@ frames: 8 (remove the occupants of; "Clear the building") }
{ clear11, clear10,$ verb.social:remove2,@ frames: 9 (remove (people) from a building; "clear the patrons from the theater after the bomb threat") }
{ clear12, empty1,@ noun.cognition:computing,;c frames: 8 (rid of instructions or data; "clear a memory buffer")}
{ [ exhaust, noun.act:exhaustion,+ ] empty1,@ frames: 8,11 (use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies") }
{ knock_out2, empty1,@ frames: 8 (empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe") }
{ [ populate2, noun.act:population,+ ] fill1,@ frames: 8 (fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting")}
{ [ people, noun.group:people3,+ noun.group:people1,+ noun.group:people,+ ] populate2,@ frames: 10,9 (fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes")}
{ [ drain1, noun.act:drainage,+ noun.artifact:drain,+ noun.act:drain,+ ] empty1,@ frames: 8,11 (empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank") }
{ [ fill, noun.substance:fill,+ noun.process:filling,+ empty,! ] fill_up1, change_state,@ frames: 1 (become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly") }
{ [ water4, noun.process:watering,+ ] fill,@ frames: 1 (fill with tears; "His eyes were watering") }
{ [ flood1, noun.act:flood,+ noun.phenomenon:flood,+ ] fill,@ frames: 1 (become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains") }
{ rack_up, fill,@ frames: 8 (supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)) }
{ [ fill1, noun.substance:fill,+ noun.communication:filler,+ noun.artifact:filler1,+ noun.artifact:filler,+ noun.act:filling,+ empty1,! verb.creation:fill_in,^ verb.consumption:fill_out,^ ] fill_up, make_full, fill,> change1,@ frames: 8,11,31 (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride") }
{ top_off12, fill1,@ frames: 8 (fill to the point of almost overflowing; "She topped off the cup")}
{ [ heap, noun.quantity:heap,+ ] fill1,@ frames: 8 (fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes") }
{ overfill, fill1,@ frames: 8,11,31 (fill beyond capacity; "overfill the baskets") }
{ [ ink, noun.substance:ink1,+ ] fill1,@ frames: 8 (fill with ink; "ink a pen") }
{ [ replenish, noun.process:replenishment,+ ] [ refill, noun.process:refilling,+ ] fill_again, fill1,@ frames: 8,31,11 (fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please") }
{ prime1, fill1,@ frames: 8,11 (fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine") }
{ line, fill1,@ frames: 8,11,21 (fill plentifully; "line one's pockets") }
{ [ suffuse1, adj.all:distributive^suffusive,+ noun.process:suffusion,+ ] perfuse, flush3,@ frames: 21,11 (cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color") }
{ [ perfuse1, noun.act:perfusion,+ ] flush3,@ frames: 8,11 (force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution")}
{ [ suffuse, adj.all:distributive^suffusive,+ noun.process:suffusion,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,4 (to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew") }
{ [ flush3, noun.event:flush,+ ] verb.motion:flow,> irrigate,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows") }
{ wash_down, flush_down, flush,@ frames: 1,4 (flow freely; "The body washed down the river") }
{ [ flush, noun.event:flush,+ ] verb.motion:run1,@ frames: 1,4 (flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river") }
{ [ sluice1, noun.artifact:sluice,+ ] [ flush2, noun.event:flush,+ ] drench,@ frames: 8 (irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth")}
{ flush1, [ scour, noun.location:scour,+ ] [ purge3, noun.act:purge,+ ] verb.contact:rinse,@ frames: 8,21 (rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank") }
{ complete, fill1,@ frames: 8,11 (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family") }
{ [ complement2, noun.attribute:complement,+ ] verb.stative:balance,@ frames: 8,11 (make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup") }
{ [ soak, noun.process:soak,+ ] imbue1, saturate4,@ frames: 11,8,21 (fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant") }
{ [ saturate1, noun.act:saturation,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance) }
{ [ match, noun.cognition:match,+ ] match1,$ adjust1,@ frames: 1 (be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match") }
{ [ match1, noun.cognition:match,+ ] [ fit, noun.event:fitting,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8,11 (make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater") }
{ [ service, noun.act:service5,+ ] tune1,@ frames: 8 (make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced") }
{ [ homogenize1, noun.act:homogenization,+ ] [ homogenise1, noun.act:homogenisation,+ ] homogenize,$ equalize,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing; "homogenize the main ingredients") }
{ [ homogenize, noun.act:homogenization,+ ] [ homogenise, noun.act:homogenisation,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing; "The two liquids homogenized in the blender") }
{ [ homogenize2, noun.act:homogenization,+ curdle,! ] [ homogenise2, noun.act:homogenisation,+ curdle,! ] change_state,@ frames: 8 (break up the fat globules of; "homogenized milk") }
{ [ curdle, noun.process:curdling,+ homogenize2,! homogenise,! ] [ clabber, noun.food:clabber,+ ] [ clot, noun.process:clotting,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1,11 (turn into curds; "curdled milk") }
{ [ clot1, noun.body:clot,+ noun.process:clotting,+ ] [ coagulate, noun.body:coagulum,+ noun.process:coagulation,+ noun.substance:coagulant,+ noun.substance:coagulator,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1,11 (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood") }
{ [ clot2, noun.body:clot,+ ] [ coagulate1, noun.body:coagulum,+ noun.process:coagulation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state)}
{ [ sour1, noun.process:souring,+ ] turn1, [ ferment, noun.process:fermentation,+ noun.substance:ferment,+ noun.process:ferment,+ ] work13, work14,$ change_state,@ frames: 1 (go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out") }
{ [ ferment1, noun.process:fermentation,+ noun.substance:ferment,+ noun.process:ferment,+ noun.process:fermenting,+ ] work14, ferment,> convert3,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats")}
{ [ vinify, noun.process:vinification,+ noun.food:wine,+ ] ferment1,@ noun.act:winemaking,;c frames: 8 (convert a juice into wine by fermentation; "vinify grape juice") }
{ [ rush1, noun.act:rush,+ delay,! ] [ hurry1, noun.state:hurry,+ ] rush,> verb.communication:urge,@ frames: 8,9 (urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!")}
{ [ rush, noun.event:rush1,+ noun.act:rush,+ noun.person:rusher,+ noun.act:rushing1,+ ] hasten, [ hurry, noun.attribute:hurry,+ ] look_sharp, [ festinate, noun.state:festination,+ ] verb.social:act,@ frames: 2 (act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!") }
{ [ delay, noun.act:delay,+ rush1,!] detain, [hold_up, noun.act:holdup1,+ ] slow,@ frames: 8,10,11 (cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform") }
{ [ stonewall, noun.person:stonewaller,+ ] delay,@ frames: 2 (engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist")}
{ catch13, delay,@ frames: 10 (delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting") }
{ [ stall, noun.act:stall,+ noun.act:stalling,+ ] delay,@ frames: 2,8 (deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling") }
{ buy_time, delay,@ frames: 2,1 (act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage) }
{ [ stay1, noun.communication:stay,+ ] detain1, [ delay1, noun.act:delay,+ ] check2,@ frames: 8 (stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!") }
{ hush2, water,@ noun.act:mining,;c frames: 8 (run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals) }
{ hush3, verb.body:wash,@ noun.act:mining,;c frames: 8 (wash by removing particles; "Wash ores") }
{ [ hush, noun.attribute:hush,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,2 (become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!") }
{ [ hush1, noun.attribute:hush,+ verb.perception:hush_up,^ ] [quieten, louden,!] [ silence, noun.attribute:silence1,+ noun.attribute:silence,+ noun.state:silence,+ noun.artifact:silencer1,+ noun.artifact:silencer,+ ] [ still, noun.attribute:still,+ ] shut_up, hush_up, hush,> verb.perception:quieten,$ suppress,@ frames: 9,10 (cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!") }
{ [louden, quieten,!] change1,@ frames: 9,10,11 (cause to become loud)}
{ [ suppress, adj.all:restrictive^suppressive,+ noun.act:suppression2,+ noun.act:suppression1,+ noun.artifact:suppresser,+ noun.person:suppresser,+ noun.person:suppressor,+ ] stamp_down, [ subdue1, noun.person:subduer,+ ] [ conquer, noun.person:conqueror,+ noun.act:conquering,+ ] verb.social:control1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (bring under control by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires") }
{ [ inhibit1, adj.all:restrictive^inhibitory,+ noun.substance:inhibitor,+ ] verb.social:prevent1,@ frames: 8,11 (prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs") }
{ burke, suppress,@ frames: 8 (get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue") }
{ [ silence2, noun.attribute:silence2,+ ] suppress,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power")}
{ [ squelch, noun.communication:squelch,+ noun.communication:squelcher,+ noun.artifact:squelcher,+ ] [ quell, noun.act:quelling,+ ] quench1, suppress,@ frames: 8 (suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion") }
{ flatten, flatten_out, change_shape,@ frames: 1 (become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened") }
{ [ splat1, noun.event:splat,+ ] flatten,@ frames: 1,4 (flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees") }
{ flatten1, shape,@ frames: 8,11 (make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises") }
{ steamroll, [ steamroller, noun.artifact:steamroller,+ ] flatten1,@ frames: 8,11 (make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads")}
{ splat, flatten1,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8 (split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire") }
{ [ align, noun.attribute:alignment,+ skew,!] aline, line_up, adjust5, reorient,@ frames: 8 (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table") }
{ address, adjust5,@ noun.act:golf,;c frames: 8 (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)}
{ synchronize3, synchronise3, align,@ frames: 8 (cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches")}
{ synchronize1, synchronise1, synchronize3,$ verb.contact:operate,@ frames: 1 (operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize")}
{ realign, realine, align,@ frames: 8 (align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident")}
{ [ true, noun.attribute:true,+ ] true_up, adjust5,@ frames: 8 (make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine") }
{ [ collimate, noun.act:collimation,+ noun.artifact:collimator1,+ ] adjust5,@ noun.cognition:optics,;c frames: 8 (adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)) }
{ [ plumb, noun.artifact:plumb,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical) }
{ [ dislocate, noun.state:dislocation,+ noun.event:dislocation,+ ] [ luxate, noun.event:luxation,+ ] splay, [ slip3, noun.act:slip4,+ noun.act:slippage,+ ] verb.motion:move1,@ frames:8 (move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically") }
{ [ align1, noun.act:alignment,+ ] ordinate, [ coordinate1, noun.act:coordination,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts") }
{ [ misalign, noun.attribute:misalignment,+ ] align1,@ frames: 8 (align imperfectly or badly; "the elements of the turbine were misaligned")}
{ [skew, align,! ] reorient,@ frames: 1,8,11 (turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed") }
{ [ integrate, adj.all:centralizing^integrative,+ adj.all:integrative,+ noun.act:integration2,+ disintegrate,! ] [ incorporate, noun.act:incorporation1,+ noun.act:incorporation,+ ] verb.contact:combine1,@ frames: 8,21 (make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal") }
{ [ lysogenize, noun.process:lysogenization,+ ] integrate1,@ frames: 11 (become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium)) }
{ build_in, incorporate,@ frames: 8,21 (make something an integral part of something else; "we can build in a special clause to make the contract better for you") }
{ re-incorporate, incorporate,@ frames: 11,8 (incorporate again or anew) }
{ [ integrate1, noun.act:integration2,+ noun.act:integrating,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1,2 (become one; become integrated; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds") }
{ [ standardize, noun.act:standardization,+ noun.person:standardizer,+ noun.quantity:standard,+ noun.possession:standard,+ noun.communication:standard,+ noun.cognition:standard,+ ] [ standardise, noun.act:standardisation1,+ noun.person:standardiser,+ noun.quantity:standard,+ noun.possession:standard,+ noun.communication:standard,+ noun.cognition:standard,+ ] verb.social:regulate1,@ frames: 8 (cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized") }
{ gauge2, standardize,@ frames: 8 (adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments")}
{ [ normalize1, noun.act:normalization,+ noun.person:normalizer,+ ] [ normalise1, noun.act:normalisation,+ noun.person:normaliser,+ ] renormalize, renormalise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling") }
{ normalize6, normalise3, normalize1,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become normal or return to its normal state; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon")}
{ [ reorient, noun.act:reorientation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,2,8,11 (set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; "Orient the house towards the South") }
{ morph, verb.contact:distort,@ frames: 1 (change shape as via computer animation; "In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther")}
{ morph1, morph,> change1,@ frames: 8,9,11,10 (cause to change shape in a computer animation; "The computer programmer morphed the image") }
{ [ wear, noun.state:wear,+ ] wear_off, wear_out, wear_down, wear_thin, deteriorate,@ frames: 1,8,11 (deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth") }
{ [ wilt, noun.state:wilt,+ noun.act:wilting,+ ] [ droop, noun.shape:droop,+ ] decay,@ frames: 1 (become limp; "The flowers wilted") }
{ wilt1, weaken,@ frames: 1,2 (lose strength; "My opponent was wilting") }
{ [ neutralize, noun.process:neutralization,+ ] [ neutralise, noun.process:neutralisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution") }
{ [ neutralize1, noun.act:neutralization,+ ] [ neutralise1, noun.act:neutralisation,+ ] [ nullify, noun.act:nullification,+ ] negate3, weaken1,@ frames: 8,11 (make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts") }
{ [ commercialize, noun.act:commercialization,+ ] [ commercialise, noun.act:commercialisation,+ ] [ market, adj.all:salable^marketable2,+ adj.all:salable^marketable1,+ adj.all:exportable^marketable,+ noun.act:market,+ noun.act:marketing2,+ ] change1,@ noun.act:commerce,;c frames: 8 (make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life") }
{ eliminate, [ annihilate, adj.all:destructive^annihilative,+ noun.event:annihilation,+ noun.act:annihilation,+ noun.person:annihilator,+ ] [ extinguish1, noun.event:extinction,+ ] eradicate, [wipe_out, noun.event:wipeout,+] [ decimate, noun.act:decimation,+ ] carry_off, verb.contact:kill,@ frames: 9,10 (kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population")}
{ decimate1, decimate,$ verb.contact:kill,@ frames: 9 (kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies)}
{ cancel_out, [wipe_out4, noun.event:wipeout,+] eliminate1,@ frames: 11 (wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record") }
{ decouple, eliminate1,@ noun.cognition:electronics,;c frames: 8 (reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another))}
{ decouple1, eliminate1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8 (eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive))} 
{ extinguish3, [ eliminate1, noun.act:elimination2,+ noun.act:elimination1,+ noun.object:eliminator,+ ] get_rid_of, do_away_with, verb.creation:destroy,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts") }
{ [ obliterate3, adj.all:eradicable^obliterable,+ noun.event:obliteration,+ noun.act:obliteration,+ noun.object:obliterator,+ ] eliminate1,@ frames: 8,11 (do away with completely, without leaving a trace)}
{ knock_out1, eliminate1,@ frames: 8,11 (eliminate; "knock out a target") }
{ drown2, get_rid_of,@ frames: 8,21 (get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol") }
{ [cut_out, noun.artifact:cutout,+] eliminate1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article") }
{ [ excise2, noun.act:excision,+ ] cut_out,@ frames: 8 (remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor")}
{ [ sparkle1, noun.attribute:sparkle1,+ ] [ scintillate, noun.cognition:scintillation,+ ] [ coruscate, noun.cognition:coruscation,+ ] verb.stative:be3,@ frames: 1,2 (be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall") }
{ [cut2, cut_back,^ cut_back1,^ cut_out,^ ] prune, rationalize, rationalise, eliminate1,@ frames: 8 (weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet") }
{ [ perfect, adj.all:perfect^perfectible,+ noun.act:perfection,+ noun.person:perfecter,+ ] hone, improve1,@ frames: 8,11 (make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!") }
{ [ polish, noun.state:polish,+ ] round1, round_off2, polish_up, brush_up, perfect,@ frames: 8,11 (bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners") }
{ [ polish1, noun.state:polish,+ ] [ refine1, noun.state:refinement,+ noun.event:refinement,+ noun.person:refiner,+ ] fine-tune1, down, improve1,@ frames: 9,10,8 (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing") }
{ [ overrefine, noun.act:overrefinement,+ ] over-refine, refine1,@ frames: 8,11 (refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter")}
{ [ refine, noun.process:refinement,+ noun.person:refiner,+ noun.process:refining,+ ] [ rectify5, noun.process:rectification,+ ] purify,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar") }
{ [ refine2, noun.process:refinement,+ noun.person:refiner,+ noun.artifact:refinery,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8,11 (treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil") }
{ [ precipitate, noun.substance:precipitate,+ noun.process:precipitation,+ noun.substance:precipitant,+ noun.artifact:precipitator,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (separate as a fine suspension of solid particles) }
{ [ purify, noun.process:purification,+ noun.act:purification,+ noun.state:purity,+ noun.artifact:purifier,+ ] [ sublimate1, noun.substance:sublimate,+ ] make_pure, [ distill3, noun.substance:distillate,+ noun.process:distillment,+ noun.substance:distillation,+ noun.process:distillation,+ ] improve1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water") }
{ [ purge, noun.act:purge,+ noun.act:purging1,+ noun.act:purging,+ ] purify,@ frames: 8 (rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind") }
{ [ purify1, noun.act:purification2,+ noun.state:purity2,+ ] [ purge4, noun.act:purge1,+ noun.act:purgation2,+ ] [ sanctify, noun.act:sanctification,+ noun.person:saint1,+ noun.person:saint,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified") }
{ [ purify2, noun.act:purification1,+ ] change,@ frames: 2 (become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify")}
{ [ spiritualize, noun.act:spiritualization,+ ] [ spiritualise, noun.act:spiritualisation,+ ] purify1,@ frames: 8 (purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized") }
{ [ lustrate, noun.act:lustrum,+ ] purify1,@ frames: 9 (purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials)}
{ [ deform1, noun.event:deformation1,+ ] distort1, [ strain, noun.state:strain,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8,11 (alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy") }
{ draw, change_shape,@ frames: 1 (contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water")}
{ [ jaundice, noun.attribute:jaundice,+ ] distort1,@ frames: 11 (distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment") }
{ [ blow8, noun.act:blow2,+ noun.process:blowing,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase") }
{ block, shape,@ frames: 8 (shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly") }
{ [ block1, noun.shape:block1,+ ] shape,@ frames: 8 (shape by using a block; "Block a hat"; "block a garment") }
{ [ deform, noun.event:deformation1,+ noun.event:deformation,+ ] change_shape,@ frames: 1 (become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake") }
{ cup, form1,@ frames: 8 (form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands") }
{ [ mar, noun.attribute:mar,+ ] [ impair1, noun.act:impairment,+ noun.object:impairer,+ ] [ spoil2, noun.act:spoil1,+ ] [ deflower, noun.act:defloration1,+ ] vitiate1, damage,@ frames: 8,11 (make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty") }
{ [ snuff_out, noun.person:snuffer1,+ noun.artifact:snuffer1,+ ] [ extinguish, noun.act:extinction1,+ ] eliminate1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children") }
{ stamp, extinguish,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny")}
{ stub_out, crush_out, extinguish5, press_out, terminate1,@ frames: 8 (extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar") }
{ kill, [ obliterate2, adj.all:eradicable^obliterable,+ noun.event:obliteration,+ ] [wipe_out2, noun.event:wipeout,+] take_away,@ frames: 8,11 (mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech") }
{ drown1, verb.contact:kill,@ frames: 9 (kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens") }
{ [ massacre, noun.act:massacre,+ ] [ slaughter, noun.act:slaughter1,+ ] mow_down, verb.contact:kill,@ frames: 9 (kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda") }
{ [ erase, noun.act:erasure,+ ] [wipe_out3, noun.event:wipeout,+] verb.contact:kill,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915")}
{ [ mechanize, noun.state:mechanization,+ noun.act:mechanization,+ ] [ mechanise, noun.state:mechanisation,+ noun.act:mechanisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make mechanical; "mechanize the procedure") }
{ dehumanize, dehumanise, mechanize,@ frames: 8,11 (make mechanical or routine)}
{ [ automatize, adj.all:automatic,+ ] automatise, [ automate, noun.act:automation,+ noun.state:automation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot") }
{ [ automatize5, adj.all:mechanical^automatic,+ noun.person:automaton1,+ noun.artifact:automaton,+ ] [ automatise5, noun.person:automaton1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (turn into an automaton)}
{ semi-automatize, semi-automatise, automatize,@ frames: 8,11 (make semiautomatic; "Can we semi-automatize the semantic tagging process?") }
{ mechanize1, mechanise1, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make monotonous; make automatic or routine; "If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!")}
{ mechanize2, mechanise2, [ motorize, noun.act:motorization,+ noun.artifact:motor,+ ] [ motorise, noun.act:motorisation,+ ] verb.possession:equip,@ frames: 8 (equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies") }
{ [ systematize, noun.act:systematization,+ noun.person:systematizer,+ ] [ systematise, noun.act:systematisation,+ noun.person:systematiser,+ ] [ systemize, noun.person:systemizer,+ noun.cognition:system2,+ noun.attribute:system,+ ] [ systemise, noun.person:systemiser,+ noun.cognition:system2,+ noun.attribute:system,+ ] order,@ frames: 8,11 (arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge") }
{ digest1, systematize,@ frames: 8 (systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code")}
{ [ digest2, adj.all:digestible,+ adj.pert:digestive,+ ] verb.consumption:digest,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours")}
{ [ codify1, noun.communication:codification,+ noun.act:codification,+ noun.communication:code1,+ ] systematize,@ frames: 8 (organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws") }
{ [ finalize, noun.act:finalization,+ ] [ finalise, noun.act:finalisation,+ ] [settle4, settle_on,^ ] nail_down, end1,@ frames: 8 (make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal") }
{ [ harmonize1, noun.communication:harmonization,+ noun.act:harmonization,+ ] [ harmonise1, noun.communication:harmonisation,+ noun.act:harmonisation,+ ] [ chord, noun.communication:chord,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:music1,;c frames: 8,11 (bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing) }
{ [ harmonize2, noun.person:harmonizer,+ noun.state:harmony,+ ] harmonise2, [ reconcile, noun.act:reconciliation,+ noun.person:reconciler,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8 (bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities") }
{ key, harmonize2,@ frames: 20 (harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude") }
{ [ accommodate1, noun.event:accommodation,+ noun.communication:accommodation2,+ noun.cognition:accommodation,+ ] [ reconcile1, noun.act:reconciliation,+ ] conciliate, harmonize3,@ frames: 21 (make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories") }
{ [ harmonize3, noun.person:harmonizer,+ noun.state:harmony,+ ] [ harmonise3, noun.person:harmoniser,+ noun.state:harmony,+ ] verb.social:relate,@ frames: 8 (bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests") }
{ [ proportion1, noun.shape:proportion,+ noun.attribute:proportion1,+ ] harmonize3,@ frames: 8,11 (give pleasant proportions to; "harmonize a building with those surrounding it") }
{ [ key10, noun.attribute:key,+ noun.communication:key,+ ] harmonize1,@ noun.cognition:music1,;c frames: 21 (regulate the musical pitch of) }
{ [ compartmentalize, adj.all:compartmented^compartmental,+ noun.state:compartmentalization,+ noun.act:compartmentalization,+ noun.artifact:compartment1,+ noun.artifact:compartment,+ ] [ compartmentalise, noun.state:compartmentalisation,+ noun.act:compartmentalisation,+ noun.artifact:compartment1,+ noun.artifact:compartment,+ ] cut_up1, verb.contact:separate1,@ frames: 8 (separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!") }
{ [ complete2, noun.act:completion,+ frames: 8,11] [ finish2, noun.person:finisher2,+ noun.event:finish2,+ noun.time:finish,+ noun.act:finish,+ noun.act:finishing,+ ] end1,@ frames: 2,33 (come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours") }
{ top3, top_off3, finish2,@ frames: 8,11 (finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a cognac"; "top the evening with champagne")}
{ get_through, wrap_up4, finish_off, [ mop_up, noun.act:mop_up,+ ] polish_off, clear_up2, finish_up, complete2,@ frames: 8,11 (finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment") }
{ see_through, complete2,@ frames: 8 (remain with until completion; "I must see the job through")}
{ round_out3, finish_out, complete2,@ frames: 8,11 (fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research") }
{ cap_off, finish_off,@ frames: 8,31 (finish or complete, as with some decisive action; "he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal") }
{ [ culminate, noun.time:culmination,+ noun.communication:culmination,+ noun.act:culmination,+ ] [ climax, noun.event:climax,+ noun.communication:climax,+ ] verb.stative:end,@ frames: 4 (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace") }
{ crown1, top1, culminate,@ frames: 11 (be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting") }
{ [follow_through, noun.act:follow-through,+ frames: 22] [follow_up, noun.artifact:followup,+ ] follow_out, carry_out, [ implement, noun.act:implementation1,+ ] put_through, [go_through_with, frames: 22] complete2,@ frames: 8 (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal") }
{ adhere, implement,@ frames: 22 (follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They adhered to their plan") }
{ fixate, settle_on, verb.motion:freeze,@ frames: 1,4 (become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon")}
{ [ glue, noun.substance:glue,+ ] verb.contact:fasten,@ frames: 8,11,22 (be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her") }
{ [ fixate1, noun.act:fixation1,+ noun.act:fixation,+ ] fix, verb.contact:attach1,@ frames: 8,11 (make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame") }
{ [ polarize, noun.phenomenon:polarization,+ ] [ polarise, noun.state:polarisation,+ ] verb.contact:separate,@ frames: 1 (become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation) }
{ [ polarize1, noun.phenomenon:polarization,+ ] [ polarise1, noun.state:polarisation,+ ] verb.contact:separate1,@ frames: 8,11,10,9 (cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions) }
{ [ polarize2, noun.state:polarization,+ ] [ polarise2, noun.phenomenon:polarisation,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 11 (cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; "polarize light waves") }
{ load12, [ adulterate, adj.all:adulterant,+ noun.substance:adulterant,+ noun.substance:adulterator,+ noun.person:adulterator,+ ] stretch15, [ dilute2, noun.act:dilution,+ ] [ debase1, noun.state:debasement,+ ] corrupt,@ frames: 8,11 (corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor") }
{ water_down4, adulterate,@ frames: 8 (thin by adding water to; "They watered down the moonshine")}
{ water_down, dilute,@ frames: 8,11 (make less strong or intense; "water down the mixture") }
{ sophisticate1, doctor, doctor_up, adulterate,@ frames: 8 (alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol") }
{ [ leach, noun.process:leach,+ ] strip6, remove,@ frames: 11 (remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil") }
{ [ vent, noun.act:venting,+ ] [ ventilate, noun.artifact:vent,+ noun.artifact:ventilator,+ ] air_out, air, refresh,@ frames: 8 (expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms")}
{ air1, dry1,@ frames: 8 (expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen") }
{ linearize, linearise, adjust,@ frames: 8 (make linear or get into a linear form; "a catalyst linearizes polyethylene") }
{ [ glorify, noun.state:glorification,+ noun.state:glory,+ noun.attribute:glory,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic") }
{ [ glorify1, noun.act:glorification1,+ noun.state:glory,+ noun.attribute:glory,+ ] verb.communication:embellish,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building") }
{ justify, adjust,@ noun.act:printing,;c frames: 8 (adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins") }
{ [ quantify, noun.cognition:quantity1,+ noun.act:quantification,+ ] [ measure, adj.all:measurable,+ noun.artifact:measure,+ noun.Tops:measure,+ noun.act:measure,+ noun.act:measurement,+ ] verb.communication:express2,@ frames: 8,11 (express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?") }
{ [ gauge, noun.relation:gauge,+ ] measure,@ frames: 8 (measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged")}
{ [ scale, noun.artifact:scale2,+ noun.act:scaling1,+ ] measure,@ frames: 8,11 (measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold") }
{ [ meter, noun.artifact:meter,+ ] measure,@ frames: 8,11 (measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water") }
{ [ pace, noun.quantity:pace,+ noun.act:pace,+ noun.quantity:pace1,+ noun.time:pace,+ ] [ step, noun.quantity:step1,+ noun.act:step,+ noun.quantity:step,+ ] measure,@ frames: 8 (measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards") }
{ [ clock, noun.artifact:clock,+ noun.time:clocking,+ ] [ time, noun.time:time5,+ noun.time:time,+ noun.person:timer,+ noun.artifact:timer,+ ] measure,@ frames: 8,9 (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners") }
{ [ mistime, noun.time:mistiming,+ ] time,@ frames: 8,9 (time incorrectly; "She mistimed the marathon runner") }
{ regress6, change,@ frames: 1 (go back to a statistical means) }
{ click_off, verb.creation:perform,@ frames: 8 (perform or finish an action rapidly; "The game was clicked off in 1:48") }
{ [ fathom, noun.quantity:fathom1,+ ] [ sound, noun.object:sound,+ noun.artifact:sounder,+ noun.attribute:sounding,+ noun.act:sounding,+ ] measure,@ frames: 8 (measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line) }
{ [ titrate, noun.attribute:titre,+ noun.act:titration,+ noun.artifact:titrator,+ ] measure,@ frames: 8 (measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration) }
{ [ quantify1, noun.cognition:quantification,+ ] verb.communication:specify2,@ noun.cognition:logic,;c frames: 8,11 (use as a quantifier) }
{ foul, change,@ frames: 1 (become soiled and dirty) }
{ foul1, verb.contact:dirty,@ frames: 8,11 (make unclean; "foul the water") }
{ foul2, [ befoul, noun.state:befoulment,+ ] [ defile, noun.state:defilement,+ noun.person:defiler,+ ] [ maculate, noun.body:macula1,+ noun.act:maculation,+ ] verb.social:disgrace,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it") }
{ [ pollute, noun.state:pollution2,+ noun.state:pollution,+ noun.act:pollution,+ noun.person:polluter,+ noun.substance:pollutant,+ ] foul3, [ contaminate, adj.all:septic^contaminative,+ noun.substance:contamination,+ noun.state:contamination,+ noun.act:contamination,+ noun.substance:contaminant,+ ] verb.contact:dirty,@ frames: 8,11 (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake") }
{ [ decontaminate, noun.act:decontamination,+ contaminate1,!] verb.body:cleanse,@ frames: 8 (rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city") }
{ [ contaminate1, adj.all:septic^contaminative,+ noun.substance:contamination,+ noun.state:contamination,+ noun.act:contamination,+ decontaminate,!] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated") }
{ [ debase, noun.person:debaser,+ ] [ alloy, noun.substance:alloy,+ ] devalue,@ noun.cognition:metallurgy,;c frames: 8,11 (lower in value by increasing the base-metal content) }
{ [ devalue, noun.act:devaluation1,+ noun.act:devaluation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting") }
{ [ devalue2, noun.act:devaluation,+ ] [ devaluate1, noun.act:devaluation,+ ] degrade,@ frames: 8 (remove the value from; deprive of its value) }
{ [ demonetize, noun.act:demonetization,+ ] [ demonetise, noun.act:demonetisation,+ ] devalue2,@ frames: 8 (deprive of value for payment; "demonetize a coin") }
{ [ isolate, adj.all:separate^isolable,+ noun.state:isolation,+ ] [ insulate, noun.state:insulation,+ ] verb.social:separate,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates") }
{ [ segregate, noun.act:segregation,+ ] isolate,@ frames: 8,11 (separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims")}
{ [ ghettoize, noun.location:ghetto,+ ] ghettoise, isolate,@ frames: 9 (put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized") }
{ [ insulate1, noun.substance:insulation,+ noun.act:insulation,+ noun.substance:insulant,+ noun.substance:insulator,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came") }
{ weatherstrip, insulate1,@ frames: 8 (provide with weatherstripping; "The window must be weatherstripped before the cold weather sets in") }
{ soundproof, insulate1,@ frames: 8 (insulate against noise; "Proust had his apartment soundproofed") }
{ [ cloister, noun.artifact:cloister,+ ] isolate,@ frames: 9 (seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office") }
{ sequester1, sequestrate, keep_apart, set_apart1, isolate2, verb.contact:separate1,@ frames: 8 (set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on") }
{ [ seclude, noun.act:seclusion,+ ] [ sequester, noun.act:sequestration,+ ] sequestrate1, [ withdraw, noun.person:withdrawer4,+ noun.act:withdrawal,+ ] isolate,@ frames: 9 (keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book") }
{ lose5, withdraw,@ frames: 2,9 (withdraw, as from reality; "he lost himslef in his music")}
{ [ quarantine, noun.act:quarantine,+ noun.state:quarantine,+ ] isolate,@ frames: 8,9 (place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England") }
{ [ maroon, noun.person:maroon,+ ] isolate,@ frames: 9 (leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island") }
{ let, leave2,@ frames: 9,8 (leave unchanged; "let it be") }
{ [ isolate1, adj.all:separate^isolable,+ ] verb.possession:get,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound") }
{ preisolate, isolate1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (isolate beforehand) }
{ boost, advance8, supercharge3, increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit")}
{ [ ammonify, noun.process:ammonification,+ noun.substance:ammonium,+ ] impregnate,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification) }
{ [ thoriate, noun.substance:thorium,+ ] impregnate,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission) }
{ stuff12, impregnate,@ tan,* frames: 8 (treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin") }
{ [ impregnate, noun.process:impregnation,+ ] saturate4, fill1,@ frames: 8,21 (infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol") }
{ charge13, verb.contact:charge,$ impregnate,@ frames: 8,11 (saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety") }
{ imbrue, drench1, impregnate,@ frames: 17 (permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood") }
{ impregnate1, [ infuse1, noun.act:infusion1,+ ] instill, tincture1, fill1,@ frames: 11,10,9,8 (fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide") }
{ [ calcify1, noun.substance:calcium,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11 (convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock") }
{ [ calcify, noun.state:calcification,+ noun.substance:calcium,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries") }
{ [ coke, noun.substance:coke,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation") }
{ [ calcify2, noun.state:calcification,+ noun.process:calcification,+ noun.substance:calcium,+ decalcify,! ] harden,@ frames: 1 (become impregnated with calcium salts) }
{ [decalcify, calcify2,! ] remove,@ frames: 8,11 (remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock") }
{ [ decalcify1, noun.process:decalcification,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (lose calcium or calcium compounds)}
{ carnify, change_state,@ frames: 1 (become muscular or fleshy) }
{ [ chondrify, noun.substance:chondrin,+ ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (turn into cartilage; "The tissue chondrifies") }
{ [ citify, noun.location:city,+ noun.group:city,+ ] adjust,@ frames: 8,9 (accustom to urban ways; "Immigration will citify the country?") }
{ [ urbanize, adj.all:urban,+ noun.process:urbanization,+ ] [ urbanise, noun.process:urbanisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more industrial or city-like; "The area was urbanized after many people moved in") }
{ [ urbanize1, adj.all:urban,+ noun.state:urbanization,+ ] [ urbanise1, noun.state:urbanisation,+ ] urbanize,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11,9,10 (impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon; "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them")}
{ [ industrialize, noun.act:industrialization,+ noun.group:industrialism,+ ] [ industrialise, noun.act:industrialisation,+ noun.group:industrialism,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (develop industry; become industrial; "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West")}
{ [ emulsify, noun.substance:emulsifier,+ noun.substance:emulsion,+ noun.artifact:emulsion,+ demulsify,! ] change_state,@ frames: 1 (form into or become an emulsion; "The solution emulsified") }
{ [ emulsify1, noun.substance:emulsifier,+ noun.substance:emulsion,+ noun.artifact:emulsion,+ demulsify1,! ] emulsify,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion) }
{ [demulsify, emulsify,!] change_integrity,@ frames: 1 (break down into components) }
{ [demulsify1, emulsify1,! ] demulsify,> change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to demulsify) }
{ [ denazify, noun.process:denazification,+ nazify,! ] cleanse5,@ frames: 8,9 (free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance; "Germany was denazified after WW II"; "The highest judges were never denazified") }
{ [ decarboxylate1, noun.process:decarboxylation,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound))}
{ [ decarboxylate, noun.process:decarboxylation,+ ] decarboxylate1,$ change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames:1 (lose a carboxyl group; "the compound decarboxylated")}
{ cleanse5, verb.possession:rid,@ frames: 9,10 (purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins")}
{ [ nazify, noun.group:nazism,+ denazify,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,9 (cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character; "Hitler nazified Germany in the 1930's"; "The arts were nazified everywhere in Germany") }
{ [denitrify, nitrify,! ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (remove nitrogen from; "Denitrify the soil") }
{ [ nitrify, noun.process:nitrification,+ noun.substance:nitrate,+ denitrify,! ] fertilize,@ frames: 8 (treat (soil) with nitrates) }
{ [ dung, noun.substance:dung,+ ] fertilize,@ frames: 8 (fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land") }
{ [ fertilize, noun.event:fertilization1,+ noun.substance:fertilizer,+ ] fertilise, feed, enrich,@ noun.act:farming,;c frames: 8 (provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants") }
{ topdress, fertilize,@ frames: 8 (scatter manure or fertilizer over (land)) }
{ [ stimulate, adj.all:stimulative,+ adj.all:stimulative^stimulant,+ noun.cognition:stimulus,+ noun.cognition:stimulant,+ stifle,! ] [ excite, adj.all:stimulative^excitatory,+ adj.all:stimulative^excitant,+ noun.act:excitement,+ noun.act:excitation,+ ] affect,@ frames: 1,8,9,10,11 (act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates") }
{ innervate, stimulate,@ noun.cognition:physiology,;c frames: 8,11 (stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve")}
{ [ irritate, adj.all:stimulative^irritative,+ noun.state:irritation1,+ ] excite,@ noun.cognition:physiology,;c frames: 11 (excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf")}
{ [ pinch, noun.act:pinch,+ noun.act:pinch3,+ ] vellicate, irritate,@ frames: 1,11 (irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back")}
{ [ fertilize1, noun.substance:fertilizer,+ ] [ fecundate, noun.event:fecundation1,+ ] fertilise1, change1,@ frames: 8 (make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination") }
{ [ federalize1, noun.state:federalization,+ noun.act:federalization,+ ] [ federalise1, noun.state:federalisation,+ noun.act:federalisation,+ ] decentralize,@ frames: 8 (put under the control and authority of a federal government)}
{ [ nitrify1, noun.process:nitrification1,+ noun.substance:nitrous_acid,+ noun.substance:nitrogen,+ noun.substance:nitrate,+ ] [ nitrogenize, noun.substance:nitrogen,+ ] nitrogenise, treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound) }
{ [ nitrify2, noun.process:nitrification,+ noun.substance:nitrous_acid,+ noun.substance:nitric_acid,+ noun.substance:nitrate,+ ] oxidize,* convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria) }
{ [ clarify2, noun.act:clarification2,+ ] change1,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8 (make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer") }
{ [ detoxify, noun.act:detoxification,+ ] detoxicate, remove,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (remove poison from; "detoxify the soil") }
{ devitrify1, embrittle,@ frames: 8 (make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque) }
{ embrittle, change1,@ frames: 8 (make brittle)}
{ devitrify, crystallize,@ frames: 1 (become crystalline) }
{ [ electrify, noun.phenomenon:electricity1,+ noun.phenomenon:electricity,+ noun.act:electrification1,+ ] [ wire, noun.artifact:wire1,+ noun.person:wirer,+ noun.act:wiring1,+ ] adapt1,@ frames: 8 (equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance") }
{ [ electrify1, noun.phenomenon:electricity1,+ noun.phenomenon:electricity,+ noun.act:electrification1,+ ] fill1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8,11 (charge (a conductor) with electricity) }
{ [ esterify, noun.substance:ester,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1,8,11 (change (a compound) into an ester) }
{ [ etherify, noun.artifact:ether,+ ] change_state,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1,8,11 (change into an ether; "etherify an alcohol") }
{ fructify1, improve1,@ frames: 8,11 (make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified") }
{ [ fructify, noun.plant:fruit,+ noun.process:fructification,+ ] improve,@ frames: 1 (become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified") }
{ interstratify, verb.contact:stratify,@ noun.cognition:geology,;c frames: 11 (arrange rocks in alternating strata) }
{ [ stratify, noun.process:stratification,+ noun.location:stratum,+ ] verb.contact:stratify,$ verb.contact:arrange,@ noun.cognition:geology,;c frames: 1,11 (form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies") }
{ [ jellify1, noun.substance:jelly,+ noun.food:jelly1,+ noun.food:jelly,+ ] [ jelly, noun.substance:jelly,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 11,8 (make into jelly; "jellify a liquid") }
{ [ jellify, noun.substance:jelly,+ noun.food:jelly1,+ noun.food:jelly,+ ] change_integrity,@ frames: 1 (become jelly; "The sauce jellified") }
{ lapidify, [ petrify, noun.process:petrifaction,+ noun.object:petrifaction,+ noun.process:petrification,+ ] fossilize,@ frames: 11 (change into stone; "the wood petrified with time") }
{ [ fossilize, noun.process:fossilization,+ noun.object:fossil,+ ] [ fossilise, noun.process:fossilisation,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 1,11 (convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone") }
{ [ dot, noun.shape:dot,+ ] mark,@ frames: 8,11 (mark with a dot; "dot your `i's") }
{ [ mark, noun.communication:mark3,+ noun.communication:mark2,+ noun.artifact:marker1,+ noun.act:marking1,+ mark_off,^ mark_out,^ ] verb.contact:mark9,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads") }
{ [ stigmatize, noun.act:stigmatization,+ ] [ stigmatise, noun.act:stigmatisation,+ ] mark,@ frames: 8,9 (mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress")}
{ raddle, mark,@ frames: 8 (mark or paint with raddle) }
{ [ striate, noun.shape:striation,+ noun.attribute:striation,+ noun.shape:stria,+ noun.attribute:stria,+ ] mark,@ frames: 11 (mark with striae or striations) }
{ ink3, mark,@ frames: 8,11 (mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink; "he inked his finger")}
{ red-ink, ink,@ frames: 8 (mark with red ink; "red-ink the area that is restricted") }
{ reline, verb.contact:line2,@ frames: 8 (put new lines on; "reline the paper") }
{ [ dimple, noun.shape:dimple,+ ] mark,@ frames: 8,11 (mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream") }
{ [ spot, noun.attribute:spot1,+ noun.person:spotter1,+ ] mark,@ frames: 8,11 (mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify") }
{ [ freckle, noun.body:freckle,+ ] spot,@ frames: 10 (mark with freckles) }
{ [ spot1, noun.attribute:spot,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become spotted; "This dress spots quickly") }
{ [ freckle1, noun.body:freckle,+ ] spot1,@ frames: 2 (become freckled; "I freckle easily") }
{ [ fox, noun.substance:fox,+ ] spot1,@ frames: 1 (become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots) }
{ [ mottle, noun.act:mottling,+ ] [ dapple, noun.attribute:dapple,+ ] cloud2, spot,@ frames: 8,11 (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades) }
{ harlequin, mottle,@ frames: 11 (variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches") }
{ [ crisscross, noun.attribute:crisscross,+ ] mark,@ frames: 8 (mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet of paper") }
{ [ star, noun.communication:star,+ ] [ asterisk, noun.communication:asterisk,+ ] mark,@ frames: 8 (mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences") }
{ flag, mark,@ frames: 8 (provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately") }
{ [ tip, noun.location:tip,+ ] mark,@ frames: 8,11 (mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone")}
{ nick, change1,@ frames: 8 (divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses") }
{ [ tan, noun.person:tanner,+ noun.act:tanning,+ noun.artifact:tannery,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 8 (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather) }
{ [ dress8, noun.act:dressing2,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins") }
{ bark, tan,@ frames: 8 (tan (a skin) with bark tannins)}
{ [ froth1, noun.object:froth,+ ] [ spume, noun.object:spume,+ ] [ suds, noun.object:suds,+ ] verb.creation:make,@ frames: 1 (make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed") }
{ [ lather, noun.object:lather1,+ noun.object:lather,+ ] foam5,@ frames: 1 (form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered")}
{ [ disable, noun.state:disablement,+ enable,! ] disenable, incapacitate, change1,@ frames: 9,10,8 (make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer") }
{ lay_up, disable,@ frames: 10,11 (disable or confine, as with an illness; "She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks") }
{ nobble, disable,@ frames: 8 (disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses") }
{ [ pinion, noun.animal:pinion1,+ noun.animal:pinion2,+ ] disable,@ frames: 8 (cut the wings off (of birds)) }
{ [enable, disable,! ] change1,@ frames: 8,9,10 (render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain")}
{ equip, enable,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer") }
{ [ buffer, noun.substance:buffer,+ ] modify,@ frames: 8 (add a buffer (a solution); "buffered saline solution for the eyes") }
{ [ background, noun.event:background1,+ foreground,! ] [play_down, play_up,!] downplay, verb.communication:emphasize,@ frames: 8,11 (understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry") }
{ pick_up1, bring_out,@ frames: 11 (lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile") }
{ wave_off, play_down,@ frames: 8 (dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety") }
{ [ foreground, noun.cognition:foreground,+ background,! ] [ highlight, noun.artifact:highlighter,+ noun.relation:highlight,+ noun.attribute:highlighting,+ ] [ spotlight1, noun.state:spotlight,+ ] [play_up, play_down,!] bring_out,@ frames: 8,11 (move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics") }
{ bring_out, set_off2, verb.communication:stress,@ frames: 8,11 (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets")}
{ de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce the emphasis) }
{ tender, [ tenderize, adj.all:tender1,+ noun.act:tenderization,+ noun.substance:tenderizer,+ ] [ tenderise, noun.act:tenderisation,+ noun.substance:tenderiser,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat") }
{ [ process, noun.person:processor,+ noun.group:processor,+ noun.process:processing,+ ] [ treat1, noun.act:treatment1,+ ] affect,@ frames: 8,11 (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") }
{ reverberate2, treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore")}
{ [ curry2, noun.person:currier,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather")}
{ [ seed2, noun.person:seeder,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds")}
{ [ dose, noun.quantity:dosage,+ noun.quantity:dose,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint") }
{ [ sulphur, noun.substance:sulphur,+ ] [ sulfur, noun.substance:sulfur,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with sulphur in order to preserve; "These dried fruits are sulphured") }
{ [ vulcanize1, noun.process:vulcanization,+ noun.person:vulcanizer,+ ] [ vulcanise1, noun.process:vulcanisation,+ noun.person:vulcaniser,+ ] process,@ frames: 8 (subject to vulcanization; "vulcanized rubber") }
{ [ chrome, noun.substance:chrome,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (treat with a chromium compound) }
{ [ bituminize, noun.substance:bitumen,+ ] bituminise, treat1,@ frames: 8,11 (treat with bitumen) }
{ [ Agenize, noun.substance:agene,+ ] [ Agenise, noun.substance:agene,+ ] treat1,@ frames: 8 (age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride))}
{ run7, process,@ frames: 8,9 (cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process") }
{ rerun, run7,@ frames: 9,8 (cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions") }
{ [ charge, noun.artifact:charger,+ noun.phenomenon:charge,+ ] verb.possession:supply,@ frames: 8,11 (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery") }
{ [ charge3, noun.phenomenon:charge,+ ] charge,$ change1,@ frames: 8 (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor")}
{ recharge, charge,@ frames: 8,11 (charge anew; "recharge a battery") }
{ [ facilitate, adj.all:helpful^facilitative,+ noun.state:facilitation,+ noun.act:facilitation,+ noun.person:facilitator,+ ] [ ease, noun.event:easing,+ ] alleviate, verb.social:help,@ frames: 8,11 (make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge") }
{ [ mystify, noun.cognition:mystification,+ noun.artifact:mystification,+ noun.act:mystification,+ noun.cognition:mystery,+ demystify,! ] obscure2,@ frames: 8,11 (make mysterious; "mystify the story") }
{ [demystify, mystify,! ] verb.communication:clarify,@ frames: 8,11 (make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about") }
{ [ bubble, noun.object:bubble,+ verb.emotion:bubble_over,^ ] verb.body:emit,@ frames: 1 (form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling") }
{ bubble1, bubble,> change1,@ frames: 11 (cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid")}
{ [ foam5, noun.object:foam,+ ] [ froth, noun.object:froth,+ ] [ fizz, noun.food:fizz,+ ] [ effervesce, adj.all:effervescent,+ noun.process:effervescence,+ noun.attribute:effervescence,+ ] sparkle, form_bubbles, bubble,@ frames: 1 (become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "sparkling water") }
{ seethe3, foam5,@ frames: 1 (foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid") }
{ [ sweeten, noun.cognition:sweetener,+ noun.act:sweetening2,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal") }
{ interrupt3, disturb, verb.social:act,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading")}
{ cut_in, disrupt,@ frames: 2 (interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!") }
{ [ interrupt4, noun.act:interruption,+ ] [ disrupt, noun.act:disruption2,+ ] verb.communication:break_in,@ frames: 8,9 (interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone") }
{ cut_short4, interrupt4,@ frames: 10,9 (cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short") }
{ [de-ionate, ionate,!] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove ions from; "ionate thyroxine") }
{ [ iodinate, noun.substance:iodine,+ de-iodinate,!] change1,@ frames: 8 (cause to combine with iodine; "iodinate thyroxine") }
{ [ de-iodinate, noun.process:de-iodination,+ iodinate,!] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove iodine from; "de-iodinate the thyroxine") }
{ [ ionate, noun.object:ion,+ de-ionate,!] change1,@ frames: 8 (add ions to) }
{ upset, verb.contact:disturb,@ frames: 11,8 (disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries")}
{ [ green, noun.attribute:green,+ noun.phenomenon:greening,+ noun.plant:greenery,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1 (turn or become green; "The trees are greening")}
{ [ blue, noun.attribute:blue,+ noun.process:bluing,+ ] discolor,@ frames: 1 (turn blue) }
{ thrombose, change_state,@ frames: 1 (become blocked by a thrombus; "the blood vessel thrombosed") }
{ [ diagonalize, noun.cognition:diagonalization,+ noun.group:diagonal1,+ ] [ diagonalise, noun.cognition:diagonalisation,+ noun.group:diagonal1,+ ] transform1,@ frames: 8 (transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix) }
{ [ archaize, noun.communication:archaism,+ noun.person:archaist1,+ ] [ archaise, noun.communication:archaism,+ noun.person:archaist1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (give an archaic appearance of character to; "archaized craftwork") }
{ take_effect, become,@ frames: 1 (go into effect or become effective or operative; "The new law will take effect next month") }
{ [ translate, noun.event:translation,+ ] verb.motion:move1,@ noun.cognition:geometry,;c frames: 8 (change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation) }
{ inform, change1,@ frames: 8 (give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching") }
{ receive1, get3, find, obtain, incur, verb.possession:get,$ change,@ frames: 1 (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions") }
{ take8, receive1,@ frames: 8,11 ( ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors") }
{ officialize, officialise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make official; "We officialized our relationship") }
{ [ marbleize, noun.attribute:marbleization,+ noun.attribute:marbleizing,+ noun.substance:marble,+ ] [ marbleise, noun.attribute:marbleisation,+ ] change_surface,@ frames: 8 (make something look like marble; "marbleize the fireplace") }
{ [occidentalize, orientalize,!] [ occidentalise, orientalise,! ] [ westernize, adj.all:western1,+ ] westernise, change1,@ frames: 10,9 (make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up") }
{ [orientalize, occidentalize,!] [ orientalise, occidentalise,! ] change1,@ frames: 10,8,9 (make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden") }
{ [ acetylate1, noun.substance:acetyl,+ noun.process:acetylation,+ ] [ acetylize1, noun.substance:acetyl,+ ] acetylise1, change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)) }
{ [ acetylate, noun.substance:acetyl,+ noun.process:acetylation,+ ] [ acetylize, noun.substance:acetyl,+ ] acetylise, change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (receive substitution of an acetyl group; "the compounds acetylated") }
{ [ achromatize, adj.all:achromatic,+ ] achromatise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (remove color from; "achromatize the lenses") }
{ assume, acquire, adopt1, take_on, take1, change,@ frames: 11 (take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables") }
{ re-assume, assume,@ frames: 8 (take on again, as after a time lapse; "He re-assumed his old behavior") }
{ prim1, change,@ frames: 2,1 (assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim") }
{ parallel, collimate1, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway")}
{ [ ritualize, noun.act:ritual1,+ noun.act:ritual,+ ] ritualise, verb.social:formalize,@ frames: 1,8,11 (make or evolve into a ritual; "The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures") }
{ [ bromate1, noun.substance:bromine,+ ] [ brominate1, noun.substance:bromine,+ ] react,@ frames: 1 (react with bromine) }
{ [ camp, noun.cognition:camp,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (give an artificially banal or sexual quality to) }
{ capacitate2, change,@ frames: 11 (cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg) }
{ carboxylate, treat1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8 (treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid) }
{ caseate, change,@ frames: 1 (become cheeselike; "necrotic tissue caseates")}
{ caseate1, change,@ frames: 1 (turn into cheese; "The milk caseated") }
{ [ hack1, noun.person:hacker1,+ frames: 2 ] hack_on, verb.creation:program,@ frames: 8 (fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best") }
{ classicize, classicise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make classic or classical) }
{ [ clinker, noun.object:clinker,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning) }
{ clinker1, clear_out,@ frames: 8 (clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently") }
{ [ closure, noun.communication:closure,+ ] [ cloture, noun.communication:cloture,+ ] end1,@ frames: 8 (terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion") }
{ [ compost, noun.substance:compost,+ ] convert3,@ frames: 1,8 (convert to compost; "compost organic debris") }
{ [ conventionalize, noun.act:conventionalization,+ ] [ conventionalise, noun.act:conventionalisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make conventional or adapt to conventions; "conventionalized behavior") }
{ [ cure, noun.process:curing,+ ] preserve,@ frames: 8 (prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay") }
{ cure1, cure,$ change,@ frames: 1 (be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun")}
{ [ cure2, adj.all:tempered2^curable,+ ] harden,@ frames: 8,11 (make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap")}
{ dun1, cure,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8 (cure by salting; "dun codfish") }
{ corn, preserve,@ noun.act:cooking,;c frames: 8 (preserve with salt; "corned beef") }
{ [ recover, noun.event:recovery,+ ] go_back, recuperate2, return,@ frames: 1,2,4 (regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate") }
{ [ rally, noun.process:rally,+ ] [ rebound, noun.act:rebound1,+ ] recover,@ frames: 1,2 (return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied") }
{ [ dawn, noun.time:dawn,+ noun.time:dawning,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up") }
{ [ issue, noun.artifact:issue,+ ] [ emerge2, noun.act:emersion1,+ ] come_out4, come_forth, go_forth, [ egress, noun.act:egression,+ noun.event:egress1,+ noun.act:egress1,+ ] frames: 4,22 (come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves")}
{ pop_out, emerge2,@ frames: 1,4 (come out suddenly or forcefully; "you stick a bill in the vending machine and the change pops out")}
{ [ radiate2, adj.all:bright^radiant,+ noun.object:radiator,+ ] emerge2,@ frames: 4,22 (issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box")}
{ [ leak4, noun.event:leak,+ noun.object:leak,+ noun.event:leakage,+ ] issue,@ frames: 1,4 (enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement") }
{ [ escape4, noun.event:escape,+ ] issue,@ frames: 1,4 (issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom") }
{ fall10, issue,@ frames: 4 (come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth") }
{ debouch, issue,@ frames: 1 (pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river") }
{ decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove carbon from (an engine)) }
{ [ decimalize, noun.act:decimalization,+ noun.quantity:decimal1,+ ] [ decimalise, noun.act:decimalisation,+ noun.quantity:decimal1,+ ] convert,@ frames: 8,11 (change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975") }
{ [ decimalize1, noun.act:decimalization,+ noun.quantity:decimal,+ ] [ decimalise1, noun.act:decimalisation,+ noun.quantity:decimal,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11 (change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000")}
{ declutch, disengage,@ frames: 2 (disengage the clutch of a car) }
{ delouse, remove,@ frames: 9 (free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps") }
{ [ depopulate, noun.state:depopulation,+ ] [ desolate, noun.event:desolation,+ ] shrink1,@ frames: 8,11 (reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside") }
{ lower1, lour1, devalue,@ frames: 8 (set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations") }
{ derate, lower1,@ frames: 8 (lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus) }
{ [ salinate, noun.substance:saline,+ desalinate,!] change,@ frames: 8 (add salt to; "salinated solution") }
{ [ desalinate, noun.process:desalination,+ salinate,!] desalt, [ desalinize, noun.process:desalinization,+ ] [ desalinise, noun.process:desalinisation,+ ] change,@ frames: 8 (remove salt from; "desalinate water") }
{ take_away3, [ detract4, adj.all:decreasing^detractive,+ noun.act:detraction,+ noun.person:detractor,+ ] reduce,@ frames: 11 (take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character") }
{ dizzy, change1,@ frames: 10 (make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace") }
{ [ poison, noun.substance:poison,+ noun.act:poisoning,+ ] envenom, change1,@ frames: 8 (add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her") }
{ exteriorize, [ exteriorise, noun.act:exteriorisation,+ ] externalize, externalise, [ objectify1, noun.artifact:objectification,+ noun.act:objectification,+ noun.Tops:object,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts") }
{ [ glamorize, noun.act:glamorization,+ noun.attribute:glamor,+ ] [ glamourise, noun.act:glamourisation,+ noun.attribute:glamour,+ ] [ glamourize, noun.act:glamourization,+ ] [ glamorise, noun.act:glamorisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!") }
{ sentimentalize, [ sentimentalise, noun.act:sentimentalisation,+ ] verb.communication:misrepresent,@ frames: 8,11 (look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events") }
{ [ sole, noun.artifact:sole,+ ] resole, repair,@ frames: 8 (put a new sole on; "sole the shoes") }
{ [ vamp, noun.artifact:vamp,+ ] revamp1, repair,@ frames: 8 (provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots") }
{ heel, reheel, repair,@ frames: 8 (put a new heel on; "heel shoes") }
{ [ honeycomb, noun.artifact:honeycomb,+ ] change2,@ frames: 11 (make full of cavities, like a honeycomb) }
{ [ introvert, adj.all:introvertive,+ adj.all:introversive,+ noun.person:introvert,+ noun.attribute:introversion,+ ] change1,@ frames: 10,8,11 (turn inside; "He introverted his feelings") }
{ laicize, laicise, change1,@ frames: 8 (reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools") }
{ politicize, politicise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (give a political character to; "politicize the discussion") }
{ radicalize, change1,@ frames: 10,9 (make more radical in social or political outlook; "Her work in the developing world radicalized her")}
{ proof1, change1,@ frames: 8 (activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast") }
{ romanticize, romanticise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress") }
{ redden1, color,@ frames: 8,11 (make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky") }
{ encrimson, redden1,@ frames: 8,11 (make crimson) }
{ [ vermilion, noun.attribute:vermilion,+ ] redden1,@ frames: 8,11 (color vermilion) }
{ [ carmine, noun.attribute:carmine,+ ] redden1,@ frames: 8,11 (color carmine) }
{ [ rubify, noun.attribute:ruby,+ ] redden1,@ frames: 11,8 (make ruby red) }
{ rubric, rubify,@ frames: 8 (adorn with ruby red color) }
{ ruddle, redden1,@ frames: 8 (redden as if with a red ocher color) }
{ [ rusticate, noun.state:rustication,+ noun.act:rustication2,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,10 (lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country") }
{ [ sauce, noun.food:sauce,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (add zest or flavor to, make more interesting; "sauce the roast") }
{ [ shallow, noun.object:shallow,+ ] [ shoal, noun.object:shoal1,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time") }
{ [ shallow1, noun.object:shallow,+ ] [ shoal1, noun.object:shoal1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal") }
{ [ tense, noun.phenomenon:tension,+ noun.act:tension,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring") }
{ [ slack, noun.artifact:slack,+ noun.attribute:slack,+ ] loosen1,@ frames: 8,11 (release tension on; "slack the rope") }
{ steepen, change1,@ frames: 11 (make steeper; "The landslides have steepened the mountain sides") }
{ steepen1, change,@ frames: 1 (become steeper; "The mountain side has steepened") }
{ superannuate, verb.social:retire1,@ frames: 9 (retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity) }
{ [ superannuate1, noun.attribute:superannuation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become obsolete) }
{ [ ulcerate, adj.pert:ulcerative,+ noun.process:ulceration,+ noun.state:ulcer,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo ulceration; "Her stomach ulcerated") }
{ [ scramble, noun.artifact:scrambler,+ unscramble,!] change1,@ frames: 8 (make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it") }
{ [unscramble, scramble,!] change1,@ frames: 8 (make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?") }
{ unsex, change1,@ frames: 9 (remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself") }
{ [ vitrify, noun.process:vitrification,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like) }
{ [ vitrify1, noun.substance:vitrification,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat) }
{ [ vulcanize, noun.process:vulcanization,+ ] [ vulcanise, noun.process:vulcanisation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo vulcanization; "vulcanize rubber") }
{ pall1, [ dull2, noun.person:dullard,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become less interesting or attractive) }
{ die5, pall2, become_flat1, change,@ frames: 1 (lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall") }
{ pall3, pall2,> change1,@ frames: 11 (cause to become flat; "pall the beer") }
{ [ saponify, noun.process:saponification,+ noun.artifact:soap,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; "saponify oils and fats") }
{ [ saponify1, noun.process:saponification,+ ] saponify,$ change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali; "the oil saponified") }
{ move1, go2, [ run2, noun.act:run6,+ ] change,@ frames: 4,22 (progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting") }
{ [ settle3, noun.location:settlement,+ noun.group:settlement,+ ] develop4,@ frames: 8 (establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans") }
{ lead_up, [ initiate, adj.all:opening^initiative,+ noun.act:initiation2,+ ] verb.creation:originate,@ frames: 11,8 (set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II") }
{ break_through2, crack9, verb.motion:pass,@ frames: 11 (pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county") }
{ [ open, noun.state:opening,+ ] open_up, open1,> verb.possession:yield2,@ frames: 8,11 (make available; "This opens up new possibilities") }
{ [ open1, noun.state:opening,+ ] open_up1, arise,@ frames: 1 (become available; "an opportunity opened up") }
{ widen1, broaden2, [ extend1, adj.all:large^extensive,+ noun.act:extension2,+ noun.state:extent,+ ] increase2,@ frames: 8,11 (extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard") }
{ territorialize, territorialise, extend1,@ frames: 8 (extend by adding territory)}
{ [ globalize, noun.process:globalization,+ ] [ globalise, noun.process:globalisation,+ ] extend1,@ frames: 8,11 (make world-wide in scope or application; "Markets are being increasingly globalized")}
{ extend9, [ expand9, adj.all:expansive^expandible,+ adj.all:expansive,+ ] extend1,$ change1,@ frames: 8 (expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent") }
{ [ expand12, adj.all:expansive^expansible,+ adj.all:expansive^expandible,+ adj.all:expansive,+ ] enlarge3,@ frames: 8,11 (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing") }
{ [ ream, noun.artifact:reamer,+ ] enlarge3,@ frames: 8 (enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole")}
{ ream1, ream,$ remove,@ frames: 8 (remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment")}
{ [ stretch5, noun.act:stretch2,+ ] extend1,@ frames: 8,11 (extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination") }
{ [ emasculate, noun.attribute:emasculation,+ ] castrate2, weaken1,@ frames: 8,11 (deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law") }
{ come3, come1,$ change,@ frames: 28 (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true") }
{ wash_out, weaken1,@ frames: 10,11 (deplete of strength or vitality; "The illness washed her out") }
{ suspend2, set_aside, change1,@ frames: 11,8 (make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan") }
{ [ dress, noun.food:dressing2,+ ] dress_out, verb.creation:dress,$ verb.contact:dress,$ verb.contact:kill,* verb.creation:prepare1,@ frames: 8 (kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey") }
{ catch, change,@ frames: 8,11 (be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood") }
{ bring_home, verb.perception:show2,@ frames: 11 (make understandable and clear; "This brings home my point") }
{ catch_on, change,@ frames: 1,4 (become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris") }
{ [ develop10, noun.process:development2,+ ] grow10, change,@ frames: 1,2 (grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior") }
{ outgrow1, develop10,@ frames: 8,11 (grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits") }
{ muddy, change1,@ frames: 11 (make turbid; "muddy the water") }
{ [ transform2, noun.relation:transformation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (subject to a mathematical transformation) }
{ broil1, bake2, heat1,@ frames: 10,11 (heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer") }
{ reheat, heat1,@ frames: 8,10 (heat again; "Please reheat the food from last night") }
{ [ poach, noun.artifact:poacher,+ noun.act:poaching,+ ] cook,@ frames: 8 (cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots") }
{ lift7, raise2, [ elevate, noun.state:elevation,+ noun.act:elevation1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 9,10,8,10 (raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty") }
{ dignify1, elevate,@ frames: 8 (raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer")}
{ [ exalt, noun.act:exaltation1,+ ] lift7,@ frames: 20,21 (raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser") }
{ [ deify1, noun.act:deification,+ ] exalt,@ frames: 8,9 (exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King")}
{ fly1, change,@ frames: 22 (change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage") }
{ harshen, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make harsh or harsher; "Winter harshened the look of the city") }
{ develop6, acquire5, [ evolve3, noun.process:evolution,+ ] verb.body:grow,$ verb.communication:develop,$ verb.creation:develop9,$ develop13,$ change,@ frames: 8,11 (gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting") }
{ [ make12, noun.attribute:making,+ ] develop10,@ frames: 10 (develop into; "He will make a splendid father!") }
{ flow_out, [ effuse1, noun.act:effusion,+ ] emanate,@ frames: 4 (flow or spill forth) }
{ [ emanate, noun.substance:emanation,+ noun.act:emanation,+ ] verb.motion:come,@ frames: 4 (proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground") }
{ white-out1, whiteout, verb.possession:lose2,@ frames: 8 (lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain) }
{ dinge, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make dingy) }
{ dinge1, batter, change_shape,@ frames: 8 (make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat") }
{ [ crescendo, noun.attribute:crescendo,+ decrescendo,!] increase,@ frames: 1 (grow louder; "The music crescendoes here") }
{ [ decrescendo, noun.attribute:decrescendo,+ crescendo,!] decrease,@ frames: 1 (grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here") }
{ [ assibilate, noun.communication:sibilant,+ noun.process:assibilation,+ noun.communication:assibilation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese") }
{ smoothen, change,@ frames: 1 (become smooth) }
{ [ demonize, noun.communication:demonization,+ noun.person:demon1,+ noun.person:demon,+ ] [ demonise, noun.communication:demonisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 10 (make into a demon; "Power had demonized him") }
{ [ devilize, noun.person:devil2,+ noun.person:devil1,+ noun.person:devil,+ ] devilise, diabolize, diabolise, change1,@ frames: 19 (turn into a devil or make devilish; "Man devilized by war") }
{ etherealize, etherialise, change1,@ frames: 11 (make ethereal) }
{ immaterialize, immaterialise, [ unsubstantialize, adj.all:unsubstantial,+ ] unsubstantialise, change1,@ frames: 11 (render immaterial or incorporeal) }
{ animize, animise, [ animate1, noun.person:animator,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11,10 (give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons") }
{ come_back, return1, reappear,@ frames: 1 (be restored; "Her old vigor returned") }
{ [ erupt4, noun.event:eruption2,+ ] come_out3, break_through1, push_through, appear,@ frames: 1 (break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted") }
{ turn_on, change,@ frames: 4,22 (become hostile towards; "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman") }
{ drop2, change,@ frames: 4,22 (change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon") }
{ mangle1, mutilate1, murder, verb.communication:distort,@ frames: 8 (alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language") }
{ [ shift1, noun.event:shift,+ ] verb.possession:substitute,@ frames: 8 (move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion") }
{ run3, become,@ frames: 6,7,8,11 (change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot") }
{ [ clear3, noun.act:clearing1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make clear, bright, light, or translucent; "The water had to be cleared through filtering") }
{ break_into, change,@ frames: 4,22 (change pace; "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop") }
{ save, make_unnecessary, verb.social:prevent1,@ frames: 11,14 (make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time") }
{ turn_to, frames: 8,9 (direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The student turned to the teacher for help"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium") }
{ raise3, lift5, improve1,@ frames: 8,11 (invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego") }
{ [ switch2, noun.act:switch,+ ] [ shift2, noun.event:shift,+ ] change5, change3,$ change4,$ frames: 2,8,9 (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes") }
{ [transition, noun.act:transition,+ noun.event:transition1,+ ] switch2,@ frames: 12,22 (make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another); "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro")}
{ [transition1, noun.event:transition1,+ noun.event:transition,+ ] transition,> convert3,@ frames: 1,2 (cause to convert or undergo a transition; "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology")}
{ [ shift11, noun.artifact:shifter,+ ] change5,@ frames: 2 (change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill" )}
{ deepen2, change8, change,@ frames: 1 (become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password") }
{ break14, switch2,@ frames: 1 (change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children") }
{ surf, channel-surf, switch2,@ frames: 2 (switch channels, on television) }
{ dynamize, dynamise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make (a drug) effective; "dynamized medicine") }
{ dynamize1, dynamise1, change1,@ frames: 8,11,10 (make more dynamic; "She was dynamized by her desire to go to grad school") }
{ concretize, concretise, change,@ frames: 1 (become specific; "the idea concretized in her mind") }
{ rarefy1, sublimate2, subtilize, change1,@ frames: 8 (make more subtle or refined)}
{ [ volatilize, adj.all:volatile,+ adj.all:volatile^volatilizable,+ ] [ volatilise, adj.all:volatile^volatilisable,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8, 11 (make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor) }
{ [ uniformize, adj.all:uniform4,+ ] uniformise, change1,@ frames: 8,11,10 (make uniform; "the data have been uniformized") }
{ [ symmetrize, noun.shape:symmetry,+ noun.attribute:symmetry,+ ] [ symmetrise, noun.shape:symmetry,+ noun.attribute:symmetry,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make symmetric; "symmetrized waves") }
{ [ decay2, noun.phenomenon:decay,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated") }
{ [ deliquesce1, adj.all:hydrophilic^deliquescent,+ ] decay2,@ frames: 2 (melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually deliquesced")}
{ immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise, change1,@ frames: 8,10 (make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer") }
{ [ commute4, noun.act:commutation2,+ ] transpose3, noun.cognition:mathematics,;c change,@ frames: 1,4 (exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other") }
{ [ syncretize, noun.process:syncretism,+ ] syncretise, blend,@ frames: 1 (become fused) }
{ denature, change1,@ frames: 8 (make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes) }
{ [ denature1, noun.substance:denaturant,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished) }
{ [ denature2, noun.substance:denaturant,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb) }
{ [ disrupt1, adj.all:unquiet^disruptive,+ noun.act:disruption,+ ] frames: 8,9,10,11 (throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process")}
{ sanitize, sanitise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features; "sanitize a document before releasing it to the press"; "sanitize history"; "sanitize the language in a book") }
{ [ verbify, noun.communication:verb1,+ noun.communication:verb,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make into a verb; "`mouse' has been verbified by computer users") }
{ [ introject, noun.cognition:introjection1,+ noun.cognition:introjection,+ noun.cognition:introject,+ ] change,@ frames: 2 (incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously) }
{ swell2, increase,@ frames: 1,4 (increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo") }
{ transfer, transpose5, transplant, shift3,@ frames: 8,9 (transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America") }
{ [ shift3, noun.act:shift1,+ noun.event:shift1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention") }
{ [ shift4, noun.event:shift1,+ ] change,@ frames: 1,4 (change in quality; "His tone shifted") }
{ [ brush, noun.artifact:brush,+ ] remove,@ frames: 8 (remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections") }
{ sputter, change1,@ frames: 11 (cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust") }
{ [ mix2, adj.all:mixable,+ noun.artifact:mixer1,+ noun.event:mix,+ noun.act:mix,+ noun.act:mixing,+ ] combine2,@ frames: 8 (combine (electronic signals); "mixing sounds") }
{ [ transcribe, noun.process:transcription,+ ] convert3,@ noun.cognition:biochemistry,;c frames: 11 (convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA) }
{ draw14, change1,@ frames: 20,21,11 (bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition; "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close") }
{ make15, change1,@ frames: 21 (change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks") }
{ dope, change1,@ noun.cognition:electronics,;c frames: 8 (add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties; "The resistors have been doped") }
{ swing8, change,@ frames: 1 (alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down") }
{ take9, become,@ frames: 7 (be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk") }
{ raise14, bring_out,@ frames: 8,11 (bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges") }
{ wash5, wash_out4, wash_off, wash_away, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains") }
{ [ lull, noun.time:lull,+ ] calm_down3, quieten,@ frames: 1 (become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment") }
{ [ prostrate, noun.act:prostration1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,9 (render helpless or defenseless; "They prostrated the enemy") }
{ [ advance9, noun.act:advancement2,+ noun.act:advancement1,+ ] improve1,@ frames: 8,11 (develop further; "We are advancing technology every day") }
{ break4, become,@ frames: 1 (come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air") }
{ settle5, become,@ frames: 1,2,4,22 (become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy") }
{ [ excite1, noun.state:excitation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11,8 (produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons") }
{ [ excite2, adj.all:stimulative^excitatory,+ ] [ energize, noun.person:energizer,+ noun.attribute:energy1,+ noun.attribute:energy,+ noun.state:energy,+ noun.phenomenon:energy,+ noun.act:energizing,+ ] [ energise, noun.person:energiser,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms") }
{ crush8, break,@ frames: 1,4 (become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall") }
{ shake1, change1,@ frames: 9,10 (bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker") }
{ outmode, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete; "Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth") }
{ spice, spice_up, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more interesting or flavorful; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer") }
{ salt1, spice,@ frames: 8 (add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes" )}
{ fail7, run_out2, give_out3, frames: 1 (prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought") }
{ [ leap, noun.event:leap,+ ] [ jump5, noun.communication:jump,+ ] switch2,@ frames: 22,4 (pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another") }
{ [back3, veer3,!] shift,@ frames: 1 (shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed") }
{ [veer3, back3,!] shift,@ frames: 1 (shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered")}
{ [ shorten9, noun.object:shortener,+ noun.act:shortening,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches") }
{ cut14, shorten9,@ frames: 8 (shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair") }
{ fall14, change,@ frames: 1 (be cast down; "his eyes fell") }
{ fall11, fall14,$ change,@ frames: 1 (assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell") }
{ run_out12, verb.stative:end,@ frames: 1 (become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out")}
{ run_out3, run_out12,$ verb.consumption:exhaust,@ frames: 22 (exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting") }
{ think, change1,@ frames: 9 (bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam") }
{ make14, verb.creation:develop9,@ frames: 10 (favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner") }
{ make10, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day") }
{ [ deflate10, noun.process:deflation,+ inflate10,!] reduce,@ frames: 10,8 (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency") }
{ [ inflate10, noun.process:inflation,+ deflate10,!] reduce,@ frames: 10,8 (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency") }
{ [ deflate11, noun.process:deflation,+ inflate11,!] change1,@ frames: 11 (produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy") }
{ [ inflate11, noun.process:inflation,+ deflate11,!] change1,@ frames:11 (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy")}
{ [ reflate4, noun.process:reflation,+ ] inflate11,@ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated the economy")}
{ [ reflate5, noun.process:reflation,+ ] reflate4,$ change,@ frames: 1 (economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures")}
{ [ format9, noun.communication:format,+ noun.communication:formatting,+ ] [ initialize10, noun.communication:initialization,+ ] [ initialise10, noun.communication:initialisation,+ ] verb.social:divide,@ frames: 1 (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!")}
{ [ digitize, noun.cognition:digitization,+ noun.artifact:digitizer,+ noun.quantity:digit,+ ] [ digitise, noun.cognition:digitisation,+ noun.artifact:digitiser,+ noun.quantity:digit,+ ] [ digitalize, noun.quantity:digit,+ ] digitalise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data") }
{ [ hydrolyze, adj.pert:hydrolyzable,+ ] hydrolyse, change,@ frames: 1 (undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water) }
{ [ hydrolize1, noun.process:hydrolysis,+ ] [ hydrolise1, noun.process:hydrolysis,+ ] hydrolyze,> affect,@ frames: 8,11 (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis) }
{ saccharify, hydrolize1,@ frames: 8,11 (convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate)}
{ [ fold10, noun.act:fold,+ ] fold_up10, change,@ frames: 1 (become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy") }
{ rumple10, crumple10, [ wrinkle10, noun.shape:wrinkle,+ ] [ crease10, noun.shape:crease1,+ ] [ crinkle10, noun.shape:crinkle,+ ] fold10,@ frames: 1 (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle") }
{ [ gelatinize1, noun.substance:gelatin,+ ] gelatinise1, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (convert into gelatinous form or jelly; "hot water will gelatinize starch") }
{ [ gelatinize, noun.substance:gelatin,+ ] gelatinise, gelatinize1,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become gelatinous or change into a jelly; "the starch gelatinized when it was heated") }
{ [ gelatinize2, noun.substance:gelatin,+ ] verb.contact:coat,@ frames: 8,11 (coat with gelatin) }
{ [ felt, noun.artifact:felt,+ ] felt_up, mat_up, matt-up, matte_up, matte, [ mat, noun.attribute:mat,+ noun.artifact:matting,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes") }
{ [ recombine1, noun.event:recombination,+ ] recombine,$ change1,@ frames: 8 (cause genetic recombination; "should scientists recombine DNA?")}
{ [ recombine, noun.event:recombination,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo genetic recombination; "The DNA can recombine") }
{ float3, convert,@ frames: 8 (convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data") }
{ feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise, [ womanize, noun.person:woman,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,9 (to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man") }
{ [ masculinize, noun.process:masculinization,+ ] masculinise, [ virilize, noun.process:virilization,+ ] virilise, change1,@ frames: 9,10 (produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl")}
{ masculinize1, masculinize,$ change1,@ frames: 9,10 (give a masculine appearance or character to; "Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s")}
{ [ feminize1, noun.process:feminization,+ ] [ feminise1, noun.process:feminisation,+ ] change,@ frames: 2 (assume (more) feminine characteristics; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs")}
{ [ bind9, noun.substance:binder1,+ noun.attribute:binding,+ ] verb.contact:bond,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 11 (form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen") }
{ ligate, bind9,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (bind chemically; "The enzyme ligated")}
{ disharmonize, [ dissonate, adj.all:inharmonious^dissonant2,+ noun.cognition:dissonance,+ noun.attribute:dissonance,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (cause to sound harsh and unpleasant)}
{ [ obsolesce, adj.all:noncurrent^obsolescent,+ noun.process:obsolescence,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become obsolete, fall into disuse; "This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used")}
{ sexualize, sexualise, change1,@ frames: 9,10,8 (make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to; "The god was sexualized and married to another god"; "Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender")}
{ [ schematize1, noun.act:schematization1,+ noun.cognition:scheme1,+ noun.cognition:schema1,+ ] [ schematise1, noun.act:schematisation1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (give conventional form to; "some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns")}
{ [ patent, noun.attribute:patency1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11,8 (make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him")}
{ constitutionalize, constitutionalise, change1,@ frames: 8 (incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional; "A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's")}
{ [ rationalize1, noun.act:rationalization1,+ ] [ rationalise1, noun.act:rationalisation1,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:math,;c frames: 8 (remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized")}
{ [ stalinize, noun.process:stalinization,+ destalinize,!] [ stalinise, noun.process:stalinisation,+ ] transform,@ frames: 8 (transform in accordance with Stalin's policies; "Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death")}
{ [ destalinize, noun.process:destalinization,+ stalinize,!] [ destalinise, noun.process:destalinisation,+ ] transform,@ frames: 8 (counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism; "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's")}
{ [ plasticize, noun.substance:plasticizer,+ ] [ plasticise, noun.substance:plasticiser,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer; "plasticized PVC")}
{ plasticize1, plasticise1, change,@ frames: 1 (become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added)}
{ scrap, convert3,@ frames: 8 (make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts")}
{ [ desorb1, noun.process:desorption,+ ] remove,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,9 (remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed; "the substance was desorbed")}
{ [ desorb, noun.process:desorption,+ ] desorb1,$ disappear,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed)}
{ [ rarefy3, noun.event:rarefaction,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11 (lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied")}
{ [ deepen3, noun.process:deepening,+ ] enlarge3,@ frames: 8,11 (make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it")}
{ [ recede, noun.act:recession,+ noun.event:receding,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older")}
{ [ ebb1, noun.process:ebb1,+ noun.process:ebbing,+ ] recede,@ frames: 1 (fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away")}
{ remove2, take_away2, frames: 8,11 (get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins")}
{ wash_away1, remove2,@ frames: 8,11 (eliminate; "wash away all the differences")}
{ [ drift, noun.object:drift,+ ] accumulate,@ frames: 1 (be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow")}
{ pull11, remove,@ frames: 8 (take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf")}
{ [ paganize, noun.person:pagan,+ ] paganise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make pagan in character; "The Church paganized Christianity")}
{ [ defervesce, noun.event:defervescence,+ ] change,@ frames: 2 (experience an abatement of a fever)}
{ [ incandesce, noun.phenomenon:incandescence,+ noun.attribute:incandescence,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become incandescent or glow with heat; "an incandescing body")}
{ [ incandesce1, noun.phenomenon:incandescence,+ noun.attribute:incandescence,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to become incandescent or glow; "the lamp was incandesced")}
{ [ calcify4, noun.state:calcification1,+ ] change,@ frames: 2 (become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify")}
{ [ drift10, noun.cognition:drift2,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward")}
{ leave_off, verb.stative:stop,@ frames: 8 (stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here")}
{ play_out, verb.possession:play_out,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast")}
{ turn_down3, worsen,@ frames: 1 (take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom")}
{ [ damp4, noun.act:damper,+ ] verb.social:check8,@ frames: 8,10 (restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere")}
{ [ deaminate, noun.process:deamination,+ ] [ deaminize, noun.process:deaminization,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination)}
{ [ angulate, noun.shape:angle,+ ] change1,@ frames: 1,8 (make or become angular)}
{ [ circularize, adj.all:circular,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (make circular)}
{ sensitize1, [ sensitise1, noun.substance:sensitiser,+ ] change1,@ noun.act:photography,;c frames: 8 (make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film")}
{ [ sensitize2, noun.substance:sensitizer,+ noun.act:sensitization,+ ] [ sensitise2, noun.substance:sensitiser,+ noun.state:sensitisation,+ noun.act:sensitisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 9,10 (make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen")}
{ [ conjugate4, noun.act:conjugation,+ ] change,@ noun.cognition:biology,;c frames: 1 (undergo conjugation)}
{ [ depolarize, noun.phenomenon:depolarization,+ ] [ depolarise, noun.phenomenon:depolarisation,+ ] change1,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 8,11 (eliminate the polarization of)}
{ [ demineralize, noun.process:demineralization,+ ] [ demineralise, noun.process:demineralisation,+ noun.state:demineralisation,+ ] remove,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (remove the minerals or salts from; "demineralize water")}
{ [ intensify10, noun.attribute:intensity1,+ noun.act:intensification1,+ ] change1,@ noun.act:photography1,;c frames: 8,11 (make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark)}
{ [ isomerize, noun.event:isomerization,+ ] [ isomerise, noun.event:isomerisation,+ ] change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (change into an isomer)}
{ [ isomerize1, noun.event:isomerization,+ ] [ isomerise1, noun.event:isomerisation,+ ] isomerize,$ change1,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 8,11 (cause to change into an isomer)}
{ [ legitimate, noun.act:legitimation1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 9 (make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child")}
{ [ eliminate6, noun.act:elimination3,+ ] remove,@ noun.cognition:math,;c frames: 8 (remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations)}
{ [ evaporate1, adj.pert:evaporative,+ noun.substance:vapor1,+ noun.process:vapor,+ noun.process:evaporation,+ ] vaporise4, change,@ frames: 1 (change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes")}
{ [ evaporate2, adj.pert:evaporative,+ noun.substance:vapor1,+ noun.process:vapor,+ noun.process:evaporation,+ ] vaporise5, evaporate1,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water")}
{ expectorate3, clear_out3, drive_out3, remove,@ frames: 11 (clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly")}
{ indurate2, change,@ frames: 1 (become fixed or established; "indurated customs")}
{ gradate, change,@ frames: 1 (pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another; "The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it")}
{ [ keratinize, noun.process:keratinization,+ ] [ keratinise, noun.process:keratinisation,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become horny and impregnated with keratin)}
{ keratinize1, keratinise1, keratinize,$ convert3,@ frames: 11 (convert into keratin)}
{ industrialize1, industrialise1, change1,@ frames: 8 (organize (the production of something) into an industry; "The Chinese industrialized textile production")}
{ [ beneficiate, noun.process:beneficiation,+ ] process,@ noun.cognition:metallurgy,;c frames: 8 (process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction)}
{ [ novate, noun.act:novation,+ ] replace,@ noun.communication:Roman_law,;c frames: 8 (replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one)}
{ [ opacify, noun.process:opacification,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (become opaque; "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind")}
{ opacify1, opacify,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make opaque; "The glass was opacified more greater privacy")}
{ [ opsonize, noun.process:opsonisation,+ noun.process:opsonization,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11 (make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes)}
{ mature3, change,@ frames: 1 (become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005")}
{ [ militarize, noun.act:militarization,+ ] [ militarise, noun.act:militarisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (adopt for military use; "militarize the Civil Service")}
{ [ nationalize1, noun.act:nationalization1,+ ] [ nationalise1, noun.act:nationalisation1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press")}
{ [ popularize, noun.communication:popularization,+ ] [ popularise, noun.communication:popularisation,+ ] verb.communication:popularize,$ pitch2,@ frames: 8 (make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books")}
{ recommend, change1,@ frames: 11 (make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person")}
{ rejuvenate3, change,@ frames: 1 (develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated")}
{ [ ruin, noun.artifact:ruin,+ noun.process:ruin,+ ] decay,@ frames: 1 (fall into ruin)}
{ sentimentalize3, sentimentalise3, change1,@ frames: 11,10 (make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities; "Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind"; "These experiences have sentimentalized her")}
{ [ sequester6, noun.process:sequestration,+ ] change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered")}
{ solemnize, solemnise, change1,@ frames: 11,10 (make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts")}
{ [ subordinate3, noun.person:subordinate,+ noun.act:subordination,+ ] subdue3, lower1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler")}
{ [ territorialize1, noun.act:territorialization,+ ] [ territorialise1, noun.act:territorialisation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (place on a territorial basis; "The railways were territorialized")}
{ [ transaminate, noun.process:transamination,+ ] change,@ noun.cognition:chemistry,;c frames: 1 (undergo transfer from one compound to another; "amino groups can transaminate")}
{ transaminate1, transaminate,$ change1,@ frames: 8,11 (change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another)}
{ [ transfigure2, noun.time:transfiguration,+ noun.event:transfiguration,+ noun.act:transfiguration,+ ] glorify3, spiritualize3, change1,@ frames: 9 (elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration)}
{ [ unsanctify, noun.attribute:unsanctification,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified)}
{ [ vesiculate, noun.process:vesiculation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11 (cause to become vesicular or full of air cells; "vesiculate an organ")}
{ [ vesiculate1, noun.process:vesiculation,+ ] vesiculate,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become vesicular or full of air cells; "The organs vesiculated")}
{ visualize, visualise, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make visible; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized")}
{ undulate, change,@ frames: 1 (increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated")}
{ [ variegate1, noun.attribute:variegation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors)}
{ [ vascularize1, adj.pert:vascular,+ noun.process:vascularization,+ ] vascularise1, vascularize,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids; "The egg yolk vascularized")}
{ [ ventilate1, adj.pert:ventilatory,+ noun.artifact:ventilator,+ noun.act:ventilation,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8 (furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space")}
{ [ vivify1, noun.attribute:vivification,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story")}
{ [ vulgarise1, noun.act:vulgarisation1,+ ] [ vulgarize1, adj.all:unrefined1^vulgar,+ noun.act:vulgarization1,+ ] change1,@ frames: 11,8 (debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage")}
{ [ scorch5, noun.state:scorch,+ ] burn2,@ frames: 8,11 (destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land")}
{ [ scorch7, noun.state:scorch,+ ] sear7, singe7, burn,@ frames: 1 (become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames")}
{ supple, change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use")}
{ [ crash11, noun.event:crash2,+ ] change,@ frames: 1 (undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?")}
{ [ professionalize, noun.process:professionalization,+ ] professionalise, change1,@ frames: 8 (make professional or give a professional character to; "Philosophy has not always been professionalized and used to be a subject pursued only by amateurs")}
{ [ professionalize1, noun.process:professionalization,+ ] professionalise1, professionalize,$ change,@ frames: 1 (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)}
{ [ smut2, noun.act:smut,+ ] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act")}
{ still5, change1,@ frames: 8,9 (make motionless)}
{ [ upgrade4, noun.cognition:upgrade,+ ] improve1,@ frames: 8,9,10,11 (give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full")}
{ [ upgrade5, noun.cognition:upgrade,+ ] upgrade4,$ improve,@ frames: 2 (get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked")}
{ shift12, change,@ noun.cognition:phonetics,;c frames: 1,4 (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted")}
{ roll_in, appear,@ frames: 2,22,1,4 (pour or flow in a steady stream; "mist rolled in from the sea"; "tourists rolled in from the neighboring countryside")}
{ flip13, flip_out, change,@ frames: 2 (go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off")}
{ [weaponize, noun.artifact:weapon,+] change1,@ frames: 8,11 (make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon; "Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory?")}
{ [deflagrate, noun.process:deflagration,+ ] burn,@ frames: 1 (burn with great heat and intense light; "the powder deflagrated")}
{ diazotize, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert (an amine) into a diazo compound)}
{ hay, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert (plant material) into hay) }
{ lignify, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into wood or cause to become woody)}
{ mineralize, convert3,@ frames: 8 (transform (a metal) into an ore)}
{ mineralize1, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into a mineral substance)}
{ ozonize, ozonise, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert (oxygen) into ozone)}
{ slag, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into slag)}
{ sulfate, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into a sulfate)}
{ cutinize, convert3,@ frames: 8 (convert into cutin)}
{ duplex, convert3,@ frames: 8 (change into a duplex)}
{ eroticize, sex_up, change1,@ frames: 8 (give erotic character to or make more interesting; "eroticize the ads")}
{ gum, change,@ frames: 1 (become sticky)}
{ piggyback, change1,@ frames: 8 (bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law")} 
{ repress, change,@ frames: 8 (block the action of; "the process of repressing gene transcription";) }
{ downsize, reduce,@ frames: 8 ((of a company) reduce in size or number of employees; "the company downsized its research staff")}
{ downsize1, reduce5,@ frames: 8 (design or manufacture in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive")}
{ subtract, reduce,@ frames: 8 (take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French")}
{ shear2, change,@ noun.cognition:physics,;c frames: 1 (become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain)}
{ port, modify10,@ frames: 8 (modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform)}
{ obscure3, reduce12,@ noun.cognition:linguistics,;c frames: 8 (reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa)}
{ reduce12, destress,@ noun.cognition:linguistics,;c frames: 8 (destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it)}
{ carve_out, remove,@ frames: 8 (remove from a larger whole; "the new start-up company carved out a large chunk of the market within a year")}
{ lifehack, change1,@ frames: 2 (make one's day-to-day activities more efficient)}
{ cloud4, change1,@ frames: 11 (make less clear; "the stroke clouded memories of her youth")}
{ damage1, change,@ frames: 1 (suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups damage easily")}
{ fire2, light1, ignite, frames: 8 (start or maintain a fire in; "fire the furnace")} 
{ fire3, flame_up, fire2,> frames: 1 (become ignited; "The furnace wouldn't fire")}