operate
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(verb) handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" |
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Synonyms: control |
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Related Words: aviate, dial, drive, fly, gate, manipulate, pedal, pilot, relay, treadle |
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(verb) direct or control; of machinery, projects, businesses, etc. |
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Synonyms: run |
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Related Words: block, direct, financier, warm up |
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(verb) perform surgery on; "The doctors operated ont he patient but failed to save his life" |
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Synonyms: operate on |
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Related Words: care for, desex, desexualize, face-lift, fix, lift, sterilize, treat, trephine, unsex |
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(verb) ferment; "What is working in the minds of the people?" |
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Synonyms: work |
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Related Words: come about, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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(verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense |
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Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre |
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Related Words: go, jockey, move |
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(verb) function properly; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in" |
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Synonyms: function, go, run, work |
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Related Words: cut, double, roll, run, serve, service |
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(verb) keep engaged; "engaged the gears" |
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Synonyms: engage, lock, mesh |
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Related Words: displace, flip, move, ride, switch, throw |
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