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trip
An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience:
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  1. An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience:
  2. A certain way of life or situation:
  3. A going from one place to another; a journey.
ride
A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.
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  1. A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.
  2. A means or opportunity to ride, as by automobile
  3. A means of transportation:
outing
A pleasure trip or holiday outdoors or away from home
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  1. A pleasure trip or holiday outdoors or away from home
  2. An outdoor walk, ride, etc.
  3. An excursion, typically a pleasure trip.
ramble
A rambling; esp., an aimless stroll
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  1. A rambling; esp., an aimless stroll
  2. A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.
airing
Exposure to open air for exercise or the promotion of health.
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  1. Exposure to open air for exercise or the promotion of health.
  2. Exposure to public knowledge
  3. A walk or ride outdoors
tour
A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion.
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  1. A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion.
  2. Any trip, as for inspection; round; circuit; specif., a trip, as by a theatrical company or speaker, to give performances, lectures, etc. at a number of cities
  3. A turn or shift of work; esp., a period of duty or military service at a single place
expedition
A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
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  1. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
  2. A sending forth or starting out on a journey, voyage, march, etc. for some definite purpose, as exploration or battle
  3. The journey, etc. itself
excursion
A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing.
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  1. A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing.
  2. A group taking a short pleasure trip together.
  3. A round trip (on a train, bus, ship, etc.) at reduced rates, usually with limits set on the dates of departure and return
jaunt
(Archaic) A wearisome journey.
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  1. (Archaic) A wearisome journey.
  2. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing.
  3. Such a trip; excursion
run
A quick trip, esp. for a brief stay
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  1. A quick trip, esp. for a brief stay
  2. A trip; journey
  3. A movement or flow:
turn
A momentary shock or scare:
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  1. A momentary shock or scare:
  2. A place, as in a road or path, where a change in direction occurs; a curve:
  3. A distinctive, graceful, or artistic expression or arrangement of words:
spin
Any descent in which an airplane comes down nose first along a spiral path of large pitch and small radius
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  1. Any descent in which an airplane comes down nose first along a spiral path of large pitch and small radius
  2. A particular emphasis or slant imparted to information in order to create a desired effect, such as a favorable public image for a politician
  3. A ride or pleasure trip in a motor vehicle
line-drive
(Baseball) A hard-hit ball that travels close to, and nearly parallel with, the ground
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  1. (Baseball) A hard-hit ball that travels close to, and nearly parallel with, the ground
  2. A batted ball hit sharply so that it flies low and fast, usually in a straight line.
home run
(Baseball) A base hit that allows the batter to touch all bases and score a run
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  1. (Baseball) A base hit that allows the batter to touch all bases and score a run
  2. A hit that allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the diamond and score a run.
approach
The part of the area behind the foul line in a bowling alley used by a bowler in delivering the ball.
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  1. The part of the area behind the foul line in a bowling alley used by a bowler in delivering the ball.
  2. A way or means of reaching something; an access:
  3. A path, road, or other means of reaching a person or place; access
avenue
A way of approach to something
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  1. A way of approach to something
  2. A street, esp. a wide, principal one; often, one running at right angles to others called “streets”
  3. (--- Chiefly British) The drive leading from the main road up to a country house.
road
A way; path; course
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  1. A way; path; course
  2. The surface of a road; a roadbed.
  3. A course or path:
energy
Those resources, as petroleum, coal, gas, wind, nuclear fuel, and sunlight, from which energy in the form of electricity, heat, etc. can be produced
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  1. Those resources, as petroleum, coal, gas, wind, nuclear fuel, and sunlight, from which energy in the form of electricity, heat, etc. can be produced
  2. The capacity for work or vigorous activity:
  3. Vitality and intensity of expression:
initiative
The right of a group of citizens to introduce a matter for legislation either to the legislature or directly to the voters
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  1. The right of a group of citizens to introduce a matter for legislation either to the legislature or directly to the voters
  2. The procedure by which such matters are introduced, usually by a petition signed by a specified percentage of the voters
  3. The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.
impulse
A sudden inclination to act, usually without premeditation
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  1. A sudden inclination to act, usually without premeditation
  2. (Physiol.) The progressive wave of excitation over a muscle or nerve fiber, which causes or inhibits activity in the body
  3. The change of momentum of a body or physical system over a time interval in classical mechanics, equal to the force applied times the length of the time interval over which it is applied.
urge
An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct:
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  1. An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct:
  2. An impulse that prompts action or effort:
  3. An impulse to do a certain thing; impelling influence or force, esp. an inner drive
impel
To force, compel, or urge; incite; constrain
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  1. To force, compel, or urge; incite; constrain
  2. To push, drive, or move forward; propel
  3. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
propel
To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
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  1. To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
  2. To cause to move forward or onward.
instigate
To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
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  1. To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
  2. To urge on; goad:
  3. To urge on, spur on, or incite to some action, esp. to some evil
incite
To urge to action; stir up; rouse
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  1. To urge to action; stir up; rouse
  2. To provoke and urge on:
animate
To give life to; bring to life
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  1. To give life to; bring to life
  2. To give motion to; put into action
  3. To make energetic or spirited
hasten
To cause to move or act swiftly:
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  1. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  2. To move in a quick fashion.
  3. To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
urge
To drive or force onward; press forward; impel
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  1. To drive or force onward; press forward; impel
  2. To entreat or plead with; ask, persuade, or solicit earnestly; press; exhort
  3. To make an earnest presentation of arguments, claims, charges, entreaties, etc.
egg on
(Idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
compel
To force or constrain, as to do something
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  1. To force or constrain, as to do something
  2. To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain:
  3. To get or bring about by force
coerce
To bring about or gain by pressure, threat, or force:
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  1. To bring about or gain by pressure, threat, or force:
  2. To bring about by using force; enforce
  3. To force or compel, as by threats, to do something
induce
(Physics) To bring about (an electric or magnetic effect) in a body by exposing it to the influence or variation of a field of force
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  1. (Physics) To bring about (an electric or magnetic effect) in a body by exposing it to the influence or variation of a field of force
  2. To bring on; bring about; cause; effect
  3. To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of something, such as labor.
force
To get or take by force; wrest; extort
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  1. To get or take by force; wrest; extort
  2. (Obs.) To give or add force to
  3. (--- Bridge) To make a bid that requires (one's partner) to bid in response
press
To advance eagerly; move forward urgently:
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  1. To advance eagerly; move forward urgently:
  2. To squeeze for the purpose of making smooth, compact, etc.; compress
  3. To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress:
stimulate
To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.
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  1. To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.
  2. To increase temporarily the activity of something such as a body organ or system.
  3. To cause to be interested or engaged:
hurry
To cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on
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  1. To cause to occur or be done more rapidly or too rapidly; accelerate the preparation or completion of; urge on
  2. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural
  3. To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
actuate
To put into motion or action; activate:
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  1. To put into motion or action; activate:
  2. To cause to take action:
frighten
To become afraid:
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  1. To become afraid:
  2. To force (away, out, or off) or bring (into a specified condition) by making afraid
  3. To cause to feel fright; make suddenly afraid; scare; terrify
constrain
To keep within certain limits; confine or limit:
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  1. To keep within certain limits; confine or limit:
  2. To force; compel; oblige
  3. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige:
provoke
To stir to action or feeling:
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  1. To stir to action or feeling:
  2. To give rise to; bring about:
  3. To bring about deliberately; induce:
motivate
To cause to be enthusiastic:
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  1. To cause to be enthusiastic:
  2. To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
  3. To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
arouse
To become aroused
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  1. To become aroused
  2. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited:
  3. To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up:
make
To rise or accumulate:
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  1. To rise or accumulate:
  2. To achieve, produce, or attain:
  3. To draw up and execute in a suitable form:
inspire
To cause (someone) to have a particular feeling; affect or touch:
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  1. To cause (someone) to have a particular feeling; affect or touch:
  2. To arouse or produce (a thought or feeling)
  3. To give inspiration
prompt
To assist with a reminder; remind.
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  1. To assist with a reminder; remind.
  2. To move to act; spur; incite:
  3. To remind (a person) of something he or she has forgotten; specif., to help (an actor, etc. who has forgotten a line) with a cue
call-up
(Idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
  2. To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
  3. To select e.g. to a sports squad.
rouse
To cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack
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  1. To cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack
  2. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up.
  3. To give rise to; bring about:
smoke-out
(Idiomatic) to expose
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  1. (Idiomatic) to expose
  2. (Idiomatic) to drive out using smoke
ferret-out
To discover something after searching.
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  1. To discover something after searching.
work-on
To shape, form or improve something
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  1. To shape, form or improve something
  2. To exercise influence on someone
chase
(Informal) To go hurriedly; rush:
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  1. (Informal) To go hurriedly; rush:
  2. To go or follow in pursuit.
  3. To put to flight; drive:
herd
To tend or drive as a herdsman
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  1. To tend or drive as a herdsman
  2. To gather together or move as a herd, group, crowd, etc.
  3. To come together in a herd:
prod
To urge or stir into action
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  1. To urge or stir into action
  2. To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
  3. To jab or poke with or as with a pointed stick; goad
goad
To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
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  1. To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
  2. To drive with or as with a goad; prod into action; urge on
worry
To manage to get (along or through) in the face of trials and difficulties
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  1. To manage to get (along or through) in the face of trials and difficulties
  2. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
  3. To chase and nip at or attack:
spur
To spur one's horse
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  1. To spur one's horse
  2. To ride quickly by spurring a horse.
  3. To urge (a horse) on by the use of spurs.
hustle
(Informal) To cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
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  1. (Informal) To cause to be done, prepared, sent, etc. quickly or too quickly; hurry
  2. (Slang) To obtain something by deceitful or illicit means; practice theft or swindling.
  3. (Slang) To sell or get by questionable or aggressive means:
hound
To pressure or force from a place or situation:
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  1. To pressure or force from a place or situation:
  2. To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
  3. To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
dog
To follow, hunt, or track down doggedly
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  1. To follow, hunt, or track down doggedly
  2. Totally; completely. Often used in combination:
  3. To hold or secure with a mechanical dog
hunt
To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.
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  1. To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.
  2. To go out after game; take part in the chase
  3. To go out to kill or catch (game) for food or sport
kick
To bounce or ricochet, often in a way that is unexpected or seemingly erratic
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  1. To bounce or ricochet, often in a way that is unexpected or seemingly erratic
  2. To drive or move (a ball, etc.) by striking with the foot
  3. To get rid of (a habit)
beat
(Informal) To avoid or counter the effects of, often by thinking ahead; circumvent:
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  1. (Informal) To avoid or counter the effects of, often by thinking ahead; circumvent:
  2. To move or sound rhythmically; throb, pulsate, vibrate, tick, etc.
  3. (Slang) To perplex or baffle:
rap
To strike quickly and sharply; tap
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  1. To strike quickly and sharply; tap
  2. (Slang) To discuss something freely and at length.
  3. (Slang) To talk seriously and frankly with another or others, often in an informal setting
push
(Baseball, Golf) To hit (the ball) and make it go to the right or, if one is left-handed, to the left
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  1. (Baseball, Golf) To hit (the ball) and make it go to the right or, if one is left-handed, to the left
  2. To urge or promote the use, sale, success, etc. of
  3. To advocate or recommend something insistently:
shove
To put (something) roughly in a place:
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  1. To put (something) roughly in a place:
  2. To push someone or something with force.
  3. To move forward roughly, often by shoving someone:
round up
(Arithmetic) To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
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  1. (Arithmetic) To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
  2. To gather (cattle) together by riding around them.
  3. (Idiomatic) To collect or gather (something) together.
drove
To finish (stone) with a drove chisel
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  1. To finish (stone) with a drove chisel
  2. Drive
  3. Simple past tense of drive.
wrangle
To win or obtain by argument:
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  1. To win or obtain by argument:
  2. To argue (a person) into or out of something
  3. To manage or control (something, especially an animal), as on a movie set:
ride-herd-on
(Idiomatic, US) To supervise a group of people, such as workers, and/or their actions, i.e. their work.
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  1. (Idiomatic, US) To supervise a group of people, such as workers, and/or their actions, i.e. their work.
operate
To control the functioning of; run:
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  1. To control the functioning of; run:
  2. (Now Rare) To bring about as an effect
  3. To be in action so as to produce an effect; act; function; work
steer
(Intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
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  1. (Intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
  2. To follow or move in a set course.
  3. (Intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
maneuver
To direct or guide (a vehicle, tool, etc.) with skill and dexterity
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  1. To direct or guide (a vehicle, tool, etc.) with skill and dexterity
  2. To make a controlled series of changes in movement or direction toward an objective:
  3. To move or direct through a series of movements or changes in course:
direct
To cause to move in a certain direction or toward a certain object; turn or point:
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  1. To cause to move in a certain direction or toward a certain object; turn or point:
  2. To turn or point (a person or thing) toward an object or goal; aim; head
  3. To order or cause a person or entity to carry out a course of action; more generally, to govern an enterprise or activity. Of a judge, the giving of a verbal instruction to a witness or jury to behave in a certain way, as in, “the witness is directed to answer yes or no to the questions” or “the jury is directed to disregard the defendant’s outburst.” To order or cause a person or entity to carry out a course of action; more generally, to govern an enterprise or activity. Of a judge, the giving of a verbal instruction to a witness or jury to behave in a certain way, as in, “the witness is directed to answer yes or no to the questions” or “the jury is directed to disregard the defendant’s outburst.”
manage
(Rare) To use carefully; husband
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  1. (Rare) To use carefully; husband
  2. To get (a person) to do what one wishes, esp. by skill, tact, flattery, etc.
  3. To continue to get along; carry on; cope:
handle
To direct, execute, or dispose of:
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  1. To direct, execute, or dispose of:
  2. To manage, operate, or use with the hand or hands; manipulate
  3. To act or function in a given way while in operation:
pilot
To guide; conduct; lead
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  1. To guide; conduct; lead
  2. To steer or control the course of:
  3. To serve as the pilot of (a plane, for example).
run
To sew with a continuous line of stitches:
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  1. To sew with a continuous line of stitches:
  2. To take a particular form, order, or expression:
  3. (Nautical) To sail or steer before the wind or on an indicated course:
propel
To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
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  1. To push, drive, or impel onward, forward, or ahead
  2. To cause to move forward or onward.
send
To cause or force to move, as by releasing, hitting, discharging, throwing, etc.
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  1. To cause or force to move, as by releasing, hitting, discharging, throwing, etc.
  2. To cause to happen, come, etc.; give
  3. To ask, direct, or command to go
spin
To fish with a light rod, lure, and line and a reel with a stationary spool.
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  1. To fish with a light rod, lure, and line and a reel with a stationary spool.
  2. To cause (wheels of a vehicle) to rotate freely without traction, as on ice or in sand
  3. To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion:
wheel
To move or roll along (something equipped with wheels)
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  1. To move or roll along (something equipped with wheels)
  2. To roll, move, or transport on wheels or a wheel.
  3. To turn on or as on an axis; pivot, rotate, revolve, etc.
bicycle
To carry on or as on a bicycle
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  1. To carry on or as on a bicycle
  2. To ride or travel on a bicycle
bike
To travel on a bicycle or motorcycle
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  1. To travel on a bicycle or motorcycle
  2. To ride a bike.
cycle
A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
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  1. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
  2. To use in or put through a cycle:
  3. To move in or as if in a cycle.
pedal
To operate the pedals of.
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  1. To operate the pedals of.
  2. To ride a bicycle.
  3. To move or operate by a pedal or pedals; use the pedals (of)
ride
To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body:
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  1. To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body:
  2. To sit on or in and control so as to move along
  3. To move over, along, or through (a road, fence, area, etc.) by horse, car, etc.
transport
To carry away with emotion; enrapture; entrance
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  1. To carry away with emotion; enrapture; entrance
  2. To carry from one place to another, esp. over long distances
  3. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
chauffeur
To serve as a driver for (another).
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  1. To serve as a driver for (another).
  2. To act as chauffeur to (someone)
  3. To transport in (a motor vehicle); drive:
take-for-a-ride
(Idiomatic) to deceive someone
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  1. (Idiomatic) to deceive someone
bus
To go by bus
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  1. To go by bus
  2. To carry or clear (dishes) in a restaurant.
  3. To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.
tour
To present (a play, for example) on a tour.
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  1. To present (a play, for example) on a tour.
  2. To go on a tour
  3. To take (a play, theatrical company, etc.) on a tour
motor
To carry by motor vehicle.
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  1. To carry by motor vehicle.
  2. To ride in a motor vehicle; esp., to travel by automobile
  3. (Informal) To walk or otherwise proceed at a swift or steady pace
float
To move easily or lightly:
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  1. To move easily or lightly:
  2. To bring to the surface and cause to stay there
  3. To start or establish (a business enterprise, for example).
drift
To be carried along by currents of air or water:
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  1. To be carried along by currents of air or water:
  2. To be carried along by circumstances; go along aimlessly
  3. To move easily or gradually away from a set position
put-in-motion
(Idiomatic) to trigger movement, to get going
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  1. (Idiomatic) to trigger movement, to get going
start
To take the first step in doing:
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  1. To take the first step in doing:
  2. (Now Chiefly Dial.) To cause to start, or move involuntarily; startle
  3. To set into motion, operation, or activity:
turn
To change the position of so that the underside becomes the upper side:
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  1. To change the position of so that the underside becomes the upper side:
  2. To give a rounded form to:
  3. To reverse one's or its course; start to move, go, etc. in the opposite direction
rattle
To secure ratlines to (shrouds).
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  1. To secure ratlines to (shrouds).
  2. To provide with ratlines
speed
To go, move, or proceed quickly:
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  1. To go, move, or proceed quickly:
  2. To get along in a specified manner; fare.
  3. To cause to move or proceed quickly; hasten:
accelerate
(Physics) To cause a change in the velocity of (a moving body)
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  1. (Physics) To cause a change in the velocity of (a moving body)
  2. To reduce the time required for (an academic course, for example); compress into a shorter period.
  3. To go, progress, or develop faster
speed-up
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To accelerate; to increase speed.
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  1. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To accelerate; to increase speed.
  2. To increase the speed of something; to make something go faster.
roll
To move or send on wheels or rollers
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  1. To move or send on wheels or rollers
  2. To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate:
  3. To start to move or operate:
slide
To move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance
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  1. To move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance
  2. (Baseball) To drop down and slide along the ground toward a base to avoid being tagged out
  3. (--- Baseball) To drop down from a running into a lying or diving position when approaching a base so as to avoid being tagged out.
coast
To continue without serious effort, letting one's past efforts carry one along
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  1. To continue without serious effort, letting one's past efforts carry one along
  2. To move without use of propelling power.
  3. To sail or move along the coast or border of.
keep-going
To continue
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  1. To continue
  2. (Intransitive) to continue functioning
vehiculate
(Archaic) To convey by means of a vehicle.
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  1. (Archaic) To convey by means of a vehicle.
  2. (Archaic) To ride in a vehicle.
race
To move rapidly or at top speed:
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  1. To move rapidly or at top speed:
  2. Any of several extensive human populations associated with broadly defined regions of the world and distinguished from one another on the basis of inheritable physical characteristics, traditionally conceived as including such traits as pigmentation, hair texture, and facial features. Because the number of genes responsible for such physical variations is tiny in comparison to the size of the human genome and because genetic variation among members of a traditionally recognized racial group is generally as great as between two such groups, most scientists now consider race to be primarily a social rather than a scientific concept.
  3. To enter or run (a horse, etc.) in a race
back-in
(Idiomatic) A betting term from French hazard
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  1. (Idiomatic) A betting term from French hazard
  2. To reverse a vehicle into a space.
floor-it
(Idiomatic, automotive) To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent.
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  1. (Idiomatic, automotive) To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent.
  2. (Idiomatic) to move (run, ride etc.) at full speed
rev
To operate at an increased speed:
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  1. To operate at an increased speed:
  2. To increase the speed of (a motor, for example):
  3. To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.
hit
To cause to come into contact:
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  1. To cause to come into contact:
  2. To attack:
  3. (Baseball) To execute (a base hit) successfully:
strike
To hook (a fish that has risen to the bait) by a pull on the line
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  1. To hook (a fish that has risen to the bait) by a pull on the line
  2. To come upon; arrive at
  3. To remove or separate suddenly, as with a blow:
pound
To move with heavy steps or come down heavily while moving
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  1. To move with heavy steps or come down heavily while moving
  2. To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool:
  3. (Slang) To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down :
knock
To cause to be displaced or unengaged; force:
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  1. To cause to be displaced or unengaged; force:
  2. To produce by hitting or striking:
  3. To hit; strike
punch
To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation:
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  1. To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation:
  2. To drive (a ball, for example) with the fist.
  3. To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
hammer
To cause harm, loss, or difficulty to (someone), especially repeatedly:
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  1. To cause harm, loss, or difficulty to (someone), especially repeatedly:
  2. To hit, especially repeatedly, with a hammer; pound.
  3. To strike repeatedly with or as with a hammer
ram
To move rapidly
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  1. To move rapidly
  2. To force passage or acceptance of:
  3. Short for random access memory. The main memory of a computer, in which data can be stored or retrieved from all locations at the same (usually very high) speed.
whack
(Slang) To kill deliberately; murder.
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  1. (Slang) To kill deliberately; murder.
  2. To strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow
  3. (Slang) To murder (a person), often, specif., for pay
maul
To handle or treat roughly, causing damage:
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  1. To handle or treat roughly, causing damage:
  2. To defeat handily:
  3. To handle roughly or clumsily; manhandle; paw
butt
To move or drive headfirst
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  1. To move or drive headfirst
  2. To hit or push something with the head or horns.
  3. To strike or bump against
shoot
To hit, wound, kill, or destroy with a bullet, arrow, etc.
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  1. To hit, wound, kill, or destroy with a bullet, arrow, etc.
  2. (Games, Sports) To hit, kick, throw, drive, or propel (a ball, marble, etc.) toward the objective
  3. To throw out or release (a fishing line, for example).
thwack
To strike with something flat; whack
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  1. To strike with something flat; whack
  2. To strike or hit with a flat object; whack.
throw
To toss (dice) from one's hand or a container so that they roll and then come to rest: the faces uppermost indicate the value of the
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  1. To toss (dice) from one's hand or a container so that they roll and then come to rest: the faces uppermost indicate the value of the
  2. To move the lever of (a switch, clutch, etc.) or connect, disconnect, engage, etc. by so doing
  3. To cause to fall on or over something; cast:
thump
To move or cause to strike with a thump or thumps:
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  1. To move or cause to strike with a thump or thumps:
  2. To hit or fall with a thump
  3. To hit or fall in such a way as to produce a thump or thumps:
batter
To beat or strike with blow after blow; pound
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  1. To beat or strike with blow after blow; pound
  2. To subject (a smaller or weaker person) to frequent beatings
  3. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
smite
To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
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  1. To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
  2. To inspire strong and sudden love or devotion
  3. To afflict:
wham
To collide or strike with great force.
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  1. To collide or strike with great force.
  2. To strike or crash into with resounding impact.
  3. To strike, explode, etc. loudly
sock
To deliver a blow.
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  1. To deliver a blow.
  2. To hit or strike with force, esp. with the fist
  3. To hit or strike forcefully; punch.
soak
(--- Informal) To experience or take in mentally, especially eagerly and easily:
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  1. (--- Informal) To experience or take in mentally, especially eagerly and easily:
  2. To become absorbed mentally
  3. To immerse (oneself) in some study or branch of learning
pop
To be exciting:
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  1. To be exciting:
  2. With or like a pop
  3. To cause to pop
tickle
To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight.
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  1. To fill with mirth or pleasure; delight.
  2. To touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
  3. To excite the surface nerves of, as by touching or stroking lightly with the finger, a feather, etc., in a way that causes involuntary twitching, a pleasant tingling, laughter, etc.
jackhammer
To use a jackhammer.
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  1. To use a jackhammer.
thrust
To push with sudden force; shove; drive
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  1. To push with sudden force; shove; drive
  2. To push or drive quickly and forcefully:
  3. To force into a specified condition or situation:
counterattack
To deliver a return attack or make a return attack against.
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  1. To deliver a return attack or make a return attack against.
  2. To attack in reprisal, or so as to offset the enemy's attack
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  • Are you sure you can drive alright?

  • I think Alex makes a concentrated effort to drive his father crazy.

  • I don't want you to drive while you're so tired.

  • Do you want me to drive you there?

  • A stop for lunch and then a drive over the biggest bridge Carmen had ever seen - and then they were in Galveston.

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