All fork out synonyms
fork out
F f verb fork out
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- allocate β If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- release β to lease again.
- appoint β If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- hand over β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- allocate β If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- allot β If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- designate β When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
- reward β a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
- confer β When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
- bestow β To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- donate β to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- assign β If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- present β being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- participate β to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- unearth β to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- search β to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- shovel β an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- drill β a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
- dredge β Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- go into β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- discover β to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- penetrate β to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- scoop β a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- sift β to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- burrow β A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- clean β Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- uncover β to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- bore β If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
- gouge β a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- harvest β Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- give away β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- furnish β to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- scatter β to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- issue β the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- circulate β If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- slice β a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- put out β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- dissipate β to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- use up β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- ante up β If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.