tip (verb)

  • 61tiptoe — tip|toe1 [ tıp,tou ] noun on tiptoe(s) if you stand or walk on tiptoe, you stand or walk on your toes: If he stood on tiptoe, he could reach the shelf. tiptoe tip|toe 2 [ tıp,tou ] verb intransitive to walk on your toes: We tiptoed down the… …

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  • 62triple-tongue — verb play fast notes on a wind instrument • Syn: ↑double tongue • Topics: ↑music • Hypernyms: ↑tongue • Verb Frames: Somebody s …

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  • 63upset — verb (upset, upsetting) –verb (t) /ʌpˈsɛt / (say up set) 1. to overturn; knock or tip over; capsize. 2. to spill by knocking over; tip out. 3. to throw into disorder; disarrange; overthrow or undo. 4. to disturb (someone) mentally or emotionally; …

  • 64take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …

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  • 65tippytoe — verb walk on one s toes • Syn: ↑tiptoe, ↑tip • Derivationally related forms: ↑tiptoe (for: ↑tiptoe) • Hypernyms: ↑walk …

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  • 66die back — verb suffer from a disease that kills shoots The plants near the garage are dying back • Syn: ↑die down • Derivationally related forms: ↑dieback • Hypernyms: ↑shrivel, ↑shrivel up, ↑ …

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  • 67upend — verb 1. become turned or set on end the airplanes upended • Derivationally related forms: ↑upending • Hypernyms: ↑overturn, ↑turn over, ↑tip over, ↑tump over • …

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  • 68follow — verb 1 go after sb/sth ADVERB ▪ closely ▪ Johnson finished first, closely followed by Stevens and Higgins. ▪ reluctantly ▪ dutifully, obediently ▪ …

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  • 69take — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ badly ▪ She took the news of her father s death very badly. ▪ seriously ▪ I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist …

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  • 70get — verb Get is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑employee, ↑finance, ↑weather, ↑winner Get is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abscess, ↑access, ↑accolade, ↑accommodation, ↑acknowledgement, ↑acne, ↑ …

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