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work over
  • v  give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
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work up
  • v  form or accumulate steadily
  • v  develop
  • v  bolster or strengthen
  • v  come up with
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worsen
  • v  grow worse
    Conditions in the slum worsened
  • v  make worse
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wrap up
  • v  arrange or fold as a cover or protection
  • v  finish a task completely
  • v  form a cylinder by rolling
  • v  clothe, as if for protection from the elements
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wreak
  • v  cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
    wreak havoc
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wreathe
  • v  move with slow, sinuous movements
  • v  decorate or deck with wreaths
    wreathe the grave site
  • v  form into a wreath
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wrest
  • v  obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
    wrest the knife from his hands
    wrest a meaning from the old text
    wrest power from the old government
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wring from
  • v  get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
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write
  • v  produce a literary work
  • v  communicate or express by writing
    Please write to me every week
  • v  have (one's written work) issued for publication
    How many books did Georges Simenon write?
  • v  communicate (with) in writing
  • v  communicate by letter
  • v  write music
  • v  mark or trace on a surface
  • v  record data on a computer
  • v  write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
  • v  create code, write a computer program
    She writes code faster than anybody else
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write down
  • v  put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
  • v  reduce the estimated value of something
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write in
  • v  cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot
  • v  write to an organization
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write off
  • v  concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
  • v  write something fluently, and without hesitation
  • v  cancel (a debt)
  • v  reduce the estimated value of something
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