compare (verb)
111adapt — verb 1 (I, T) to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes so that you get used to a new situation and can deal with it successfully (+ to): The children are finding it hard to adapt to their new school. | plants that have adapted themselves… …
112adopt — verb (T) 1 CHILD to legally make another person s child part of your family so that he or she becomes one of your own children: My mother was adopted when she was four. compare foster 1 (1) 2 adopt an approach/strategy/policy to start to use a… …
113backdate — verb (T) to make something have its effect from an earlier date: backdate sth from/to: The pay increase agreed in June will be backdated to January. compare antedate, postdate …
114borrow — verb (I, T) 1 to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later: Can I borrow your pen for a minute? | borrow sth from sb BrE: You are allowed to borrow 6 books from the library at a time. | borrow heavily… …
115breast-feed — verb past tense and past participle breastfed (I, T) to feed a baby with milk from your breast rather than from a bottle compare suckle …
116collate — verb (T) 1 to arrange sheets of paper in the correct order before they are in a book etc: a photocopier that collates and staples 2 formal to gather information together, examine it carefully, and compare it with other information to find any… …
117compel — verb compelled, compelling (T) 1 to force someone to do something: compel sb to do sth: reports that children were compelled to participate in bizarre rituals | feel compelled to do sth (=feel very strongly that you must do something): Harrison… …
118connote — verb (T) formal if a word connotes something, it makes you think of feelings and ideas that are not its actual meaning: The word plump connotes cheerfulness. compare denote …
119crochet — verb (I, T) to make clothes, blankets etc from wool using a special needle with a hook at one end compare knit (1) crochet noun (U) crotcheting noun (U) …
120debar — verb debarred, debarring (T) to officially prevent someone from doing something (+ from): He was debarred from the golf club for stealing club funds. compare disbar …
