| achieve |
to bring about as a result of one's cumulative efforts. [1/3 definitions] |
| adduce |
to cite as evidence or proof; bring to bear in argument or discussion. |
| add up |
to bring one to a logical conclusion; to make sense. [1/2 definitions] |
| adjust |
to bring to a more desirable, fitting, or correct state, relationship, position, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
| administer |
to bring into operation or use; implement. [1/5 definitions] |
| aggrieve |
to distress or bring grief to; cause to suffer. [1/2 definitions] |
| Aladdin |
in The Arabian Nights, a boy who finds a magic lamp and ring, each of which enables him to bring forth a powerful genie who can grant his every wish. |
| align |
to bring (something) into the same line as another. [2/6 definitions] |
| anesthesia |
a drug or other agent used to bring about unconsciousness or absence of pain. [1/2 definitions] |
| animate |
to rouse or bring to life. [1/9 definitions] |
| antagonize |
to bring on the hostility of; make an enemy of. [1/2 definitions] |
| apocalypse |
any instance of terrible destruction and devastation, esp. on a scale that could bring about an end to the world. [1/3 definitions] |
| apply |
to bring into contact with or lay on. [1/6 definitions] |
| arraign |
to bring before a court of law to respond to a charge or indictment. [1/2 definitions] |
| arrange |
to plan or do what is necessary in order to bring something about (often fol. by "for"). [1/4 definitions] |
| awake |
to bring to a keen consciousness of something. [1/6 definitions] |
| balance |
to bring into or hold in a state of equilibrium. [1/8 definitions] |
| bear1 |
to bring offspring or fruit into being. [1/9 definitions] |
| berth |
to bring (a ship) into a docking or anchoring space. [1/6 definitions] |
| bestialize |
to turn (a human being) into a beast; bring out the beastly qualities in. |
| bomb cyclone |
a cyclone that rapidly intensifies in areas outside of the tropics. A bomb cyclone may bring with it a vast amount of snow or rain over an area. |