AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-256d huggingface dataset:
regress: get worse or fall back to a previous condition
fossilize: become mentally inflexible
age: make older The death of his child aged him tremendously
ripen: grow ripe The plums ripen in July
ripen: cause to ripen or develop fully The sun ripens the fruit Age matures a good wine
mature: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation He matured fast The child grew fast
grow: become attached by or as if by the process of growth The tree trunks had grown together
find oneself: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation My son went to Berkeley to find himself
rejuvenate: make younger or more youthful The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him
evolve: undergo development or evolution Modern man evolved a long time ago
work out: come up with His colleagues worked out his interesting idea We worked up an ad for our client
elaborate: work out in detail elaborate a plan
derive: develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
derive: come from The present name derives from an older form
develop: 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: become adolescent; pass through adolescence The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12
build up: form or accumulate steadily Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
build up: bolster or strengthen We worked up courage build up confidence ramp up security in the airports
antique: give an antique appearance to antique furniture
develop: 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
mellow: make or grow (more) mellow These apples need to mellow a bit more The sun mellowed the fruit
mellow: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial With age, he mellowed
mellow: soften, make mellow Age and experience mellowed him over the years
soften: become soft or softer The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it
encrust: form a crust or a hard layer
soften: make soft or softer This liquid will soften your laundry
callus: form a callus or calluses His foot callused
callus: cause a callus to form on The long march had callused his feet
balloon: become inflated The sails ballooned
bulge: cause to bulge or swell outwards
swell: expand abnormally The bellies of the starving children are swelling
distend: swell from or as if from internal pressure The distended bellies of the starving cows
distend: cause to expand as it by internal pressure The gas distended the animal's body
expand: become larger in size or volume or quantity his business expanded rapidly
belly: swell out or bulge out
swell: cause to become swollen The water swells the wood
bilge: take in water at the bilge the tanker bilged
leak: have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out The container leaked gasoline the roof leaks badly
break: crack; of the male voice in puberty his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir
bilge: cause to leak the collision bilged the vessel
break: render inoperable or ineffective You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!
damage: inflict damage upon The snow damaged the roof She damaged the car when she hit the tree
total: damage beyond the point of repair My son totaled our new car the rock star totals his guitar at every concert
bruise: damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them
disturb: damage as if by shaking or jarring Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!
afflict: cause physical pain or suffering in afflict with the plague
visit: assail He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly
devastate: overwhelm or overpower He was devastated by his grief when his son died
hurt: cause damage or affect negatively Our business was hurt by the new competition
repair: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken She repaired her TV set Repair my shoes please
tinker: 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
fill: plug with a substance fill a cavity
piece: repair by adding pieces She pieced the china cup
cobble: repair or mend cobble shoes
point: repair the joints of bricks point a chimney
overhaul: make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to You should overhaul your car engine overhaul the health care system
retrofit: substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes
trouble-shoot: solve problems He is known to be good at trouble-shooting
patch: mend by putting a patch on patch a hole
impair: make worse or less effective His vision was impaired
flaw: add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
bulge: swell or protrude outwards His stomach bulged after the huge meal
bulk: stick out or up The parcel bulked in the sack
puff: to swell or cause to enlarge, Her faced puffed up from the drugs puffed out chests
amplify: increase the volume of amplify sound
inflate: fill with gas or air inflate a balloons
reflate: inflate again reflate the balloon
inflate: exaggerate or make bigger The charges were inflated
puff up: make larger or distend The estimates were puffed up
deflate: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air The balloons deflated
acidify: turn acidic the solution acetified
alkalize: turn basic and less acidic the solution alkalized
reform: make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices reform a political system
reform: improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition reform the health system in this country
reform: break up the molecules of reform oil
reform: produce by cracking reform gas
polymerize: undergo polymerization
copolymerize: polymerize together the two substances copolymerized
polymerize: cause (a compound) to polymerize
ionize: convert into ions
ionize: become converted into ions
ossify: become bony The tissue ossified
ossify: cause to become hard and bony The disease ossified the tissue
catalyze: change by catalysis or cause to catalyze
dwindle: become smaller or lose substance Her savings dwindled down
turn down: make lower or quieter turn down the volume of a radio
get well: improve in health He got well fast
get worse: deteriorate in health he relapsed
remit: diminish or abate The pain finally remitted
paralyze: cause to be paralyzed and immobile The poison paralyzed him Fear paralyzed her
paralyze: make powerless and unable to function The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation
stun: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow stun fish
immobilize: cause to be unable to move The sudden storm immobilized the traffic
freeze: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) Blocked funds Freeze the assets of this hostile government
unblock: make (assets) available release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
immobilize: convert (assets) into fixed capital
mobilize: cause to move around circulate a rumor
mobilize: make ready for action or use marshal resources
mend: heal or recover My broken leg is mending
fluctuate: be unstable The stock market fluctuates
stabilize: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium The drug stabilized her blood pressure stabilize prices
peg: stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar
guy: steady or support with a guy wire or cable The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
destabilize: make unstable Terrorism destabilized the government
stabilize: become stable or more stable The economy stabilized
destabilize: become unstable The economy destabilized rapidly
sensitize: make sensitive or aware He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
desensitize: make insensitive His military training desensitized him
inure: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate He was inured to the cold
callous: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
steel oneself against: prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
habituate: make psychologically or physically used (to something) She became habituated to the background music
teach: accustom gradually to some action or attitude The child is taught to obey her parents
corrode: become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid The metal corroded The pipes rusted
corrode: 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: wear away or erode
erode: remove soil or rock Rain eroded the terraces
wash: form by erosion The river washed a ravine into the mountainside
weather: change under the action or influence of the weather A weathered old hut
erode: become ground down or deteriorate Her confidence eroded
regularize: make regular or more regular regularize the heart beat with a pace maker
tidy: put (things or places) in order Tidy up your room!
make: put in order or neaten make the bed make up a room
mess: make a mess of or create disorder in He messed up his room
disorder: bring disorder to
perturb: throw into great confusion or disorder Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt
order: place in a certain order order the photos chronologically
predate: establish something as being earlier relative to something else
chronologize: establish the order in time of something The archivist chronologized the documents
order: bring order to or into Order these files
straighten: make straight or straighter Straighten this post straighten hair
disarrange: disturb the arrangement of disarrange the papers
rearrange: put into a new order or arrangement Please rearrange these files rearrange the furniture in my room
recode: put into a different code; rearrange mentally People recode and restructure information in order to remember it
reshuffle: reorganize and assign posts to different people The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet
randomize: arrange in random order Randomize the order of the numbers
serialize: arrange serially Serialize the numbers
alphabetize: arrange in alphabetical order Alphabetize the list
bleach: make whiter or lighter bleach the laundry
peroxide: bleach with peroxide She must peroxide her hair-it looks unnaturally blond
bleach: remove color from The sun bleached the red shirt
wash out: lose color in the process of being washed The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine
whiten: turn white This detergent will whiten your laundry
blacken: make or become black The smoke blackened the ceiling The ceiling blackened
melanize: convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
lighten: become lighter The room lightened up
discolor: change color, often in an undesired manner The shirts discolored
sallow: cause to become sallow The illness has sallowed her face
bronze: give the color and appearance of bronze to something bronze baby shoes
discolor: cause to lose or change color The detergent discolored my shirts
wash out: drain off the color in the course of laundering The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse
turn: change color In Vermont, the leaves turn early
silver: turn silver The man's hair silvered very attractively
foliate: grow leaves the tree foliated in Spring
discolor: lose color or turn colorless The painting discolored
dye: color with dye Please dye these shoes
stain: color for microscopic study The laboratory worker dyed the specimen
henna: apply henna to one's hair She hennas her hair every month
impress: dye (fabric) before it is spun
color: add color to The child colored the drawings Fall colored the trees colorize black and white film
motley: make motley; color with different colors
polychrome: color with many colors; make polychrome
azure: color azure Morning azured the village
purple: color purple
embrown: make brown in color the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
handcolor: color by hand Some old photographs are handcolored
stain: 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: stain black to make it look like ebony
stain: produce or leave stains Red wine stains the table cloth
tint: color lightly her greying hair was tinged blond the leaves were tinged red in November
pigment: color or dye with a pigment pigment a photograph
tincture: stain or tint with a color The leaves were tinctured with a bright red
imbue: suffuse with color
complexion: give a certain color to The setting sun complexioned the hills
hue: take on color or become colored In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey
fast dye: dye with fast colors These shirts should be fast-dyed
tie-dye: dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular pattern The flower children tie-dye their T-shirts
retouch: give retouches to (hair) retouch the roots
hand-dye: dye by hand This fabric is hand-dyed
batik: dye with wax Indonesian fabrics are often batiked
redden: turn red or redder The sky reddened
blush: become rosy or reddish her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air
grey: turn grey Her hair began to grey
silver: make silver in color Her worries had silvered her hair
grey: make grey The painter decided to grey the sky
yellow: turn yellow The pages of the book began to yellow
tone: change to a color image tone a photographic image
tone: change the color or tone of tone a negative
escalate: increase in extent or intensity The Allies escalated the bombing
redouble: double in magnitude, extent, or intensity The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio
de-escalate: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of de-escalate a crisis
de-escalate: diminish in size, scope, or intensity The war of words between them de-escalated with time
radiate: send out real or metaphoric rays She radiates happiness
effuse: give out or emit (also metaphorically) The room effuses happiness
irradiate: expose to radiation irradiate food
light: make lighter or brighter This lamp lightens the room a bit
cut: cease, stop cut the noise We had to cut short the conversation
mutilate: destroy or injure severely The madman mutilates art work
clip: 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: make more beautiful
dress up: make something appear superficially attractive The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
blossom: develop or come to a promising stage Youth blossomed into maturity
spruce up: make neat, smart, or trim Spruce up your house for Spring titivate the child
bloom: produce or yield flowers The cherry tree bloomed
effloresce: come into or as if into flower These manifestations effloresced in the past
spike: bring forth a spike or spikes my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now
temper: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate she tempered her criticism
season: make fit This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
tune: adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) My piano needs to be tuned
untune: cause to be out of tune Don't untune that string!
calibrate: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring calibrate an instrument graduate a cylinder
tune: adjust for (better) functioning tune the engine
adjust: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard Adjust the clock, please correct the alignment of the front wheels
time: 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
zero: adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards
readjust: adjust again after an initial failure
time: regulate or set the time of time the clock
adjust: make correspondent or conformable Adjust your eyes to the darkness
gear: set the level or character of She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
pitch: set to a certain pitch He pitched his voice very low
set: set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly set clocks or instruments
reset: set to zero reset instruments and dials
set: put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state set the house afire
keynote: set the keynote of Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection
regulate: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of regulate the temperature modulate the pitch
adapt: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
fit: 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: make English in appearance She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London
fit: make fit fit a dress He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out
qualify: make fit or prepared Your education qualifies you for this job
habilitate: qualify for teaching at a university in Europe He habilitated after his sabbatical at a prestigious American university
capacitate: make capable This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem
disqualify: make unfit or unsuitable Your income disqualifies you
tailor: adjust to a specific need or market a magazine oriented towards young people tailor your needs to your surroundings
domesticate: 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: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable He tames lions for the circus reclaim falcons
domesticate: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment domesticate oats tame the soil
fine-tune: adjust finely fine-tune the engine
temper: harden by reheating and cooling in oil temper steel
anneal: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling temper glass
toughen: make tough or tougher This experience will toughen her
widen: become broader or wider or more extensive The road widened
widen: make wider widen the road
let out: make (clothes) larger Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight
take in: make (clothes) smaller Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight
flare out: become flared and widen, usually at one end The bellbottom pants flare out
constrict: become tight or as if tight Her throat constricted
astringe: become constricted or compressed The cold substance astringes
strangulate: become constricted The hernia will strangulate
bottleneck: become narrow, like a bottleneck Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks
narrow: make or become more narrow or restricted The selection was narrowed The road narrowed
taper off: become smaller or less active Business tapered off
dilate: become wider His pupils were dilated
implode: burst inward The bottle imploded
explode: burst outward, usually with noise The champagne bottle exploded
detonate: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction the bomb detonated at noon The Molotov cocktail exploded
explode: be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise His anger exploded
explode: cause to burst with a violent release of energy We exploded the nuclear bomb
go off: be discharged or activated the explosive devices went off
dynamite: blow up with dynamite The rock was dynamited
erupt: become active and spew forth lava and rocks Vesuvius erupts once in a while
erupt: erupt or intensify suddenly Unrest erupted in the country Tempers flared at the meeting The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
dehisce: burst or split open flowers dehisce when they release pollen
oxygenize: dehydrogenate with oxygen
oxygenize: 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)
erupt: become raw or open He broke out in hives My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries Such boils tend to recrudesce
burst: come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure The bubble burst
pop: burst open with a sharp, explosive sound The balloon popped This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven
pop: cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound The child popped the balloon
puncture: be pierced or punctured The tire punctured
blow: burst suddenly The tire blew We blew a tire
stave: burst or force (a hole) into something
boom: grow vigorously The deer population in this town is thriving business is booming
proliferate: grow rapidly Pizza parlors proliferate in this area
boost: give a boost to; be beneficial to The tax cut will boost the economy
blur: become vague or indistinct The distinction between the two theories blurred
obliterate: remove completely from recognition or memory efface the memory of the time in the camps
darken: make dark or darker darken a room
blind: make dim by comparison or conceal
darken: become dark or darker The sky darkened
black out: darken completely The dining room blackened out
brighten: make lighter or brighter The paint will brighten the room
blur: make dim or indistinct The fog blurs my vision
weed: clear of weeds weed the garden
stub: clear of weeds by uprooting them stub a field
dim: make dim or lusterless Time had dimmed the silver
dim: become dim or lusterless the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
obscure: make obscure or unclear The distinction was obscured
benight: make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
obscure: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing a hidden message a veiled threat
focus: put (an image) into focus Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie
refocus: put again into focus or focus more sharply refocus the image until it is very sharp
focus: become focussed or come into focus The light focused
depreciate: lose in value The dollar depreciated again
depreciate: lower the value of something The Fed depreciated the dollar once again
appreciate: increase the value of The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark
revalue: value anew revalue the German Mark
expense: reduce the estimated value of something For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
appreciate: gain in value The yen appreciated again!
deafen: make soundproof deafen a room
shorten: become short or shorter In winter, the days shorten
lengthen: become long or longer In Spring, the days lengthen
shorten: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration He shortened his trip due to illness
syncopate: omit a sound or letter in a word syncopate a word
truncate: make shorter as if by cutting off truncate a word Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
broaden: become broader The road broadened
broaden: make broader broaden the road
lengthen: make longer Lengthen this skirt, please
prolong: 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
extend: prolong the time allowed for payment of extend the loan
temporize: draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote
spin: prolong or extend spin out a visit
elongate: make long or longer by pulling and stretching stretch the fabric
tree: stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
scale: size or measure according to a scale This model must be scaled down
bake: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven bake the potatoes
ovenbake: bake in an oven ovenbake this chicken
brown: fry in a pan until it changes color brown the meat in the pan
coddle: cook in nearly boiling water coddle eggs
fire: bake in a kiln so as to harden fire pottery
farce: fill with a stuffing while cooking Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
stuff: fill tightly with a material stuff a pillow with feathers
cork: stuff with cork The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter