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- presume β to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- understand β to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- trust β reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- presuppose β to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- calculate β If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- foreknow β to know beforehand.
- hawk β a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.
- run β execution
- grouse β any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- trail β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- scratch β to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- ride β to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- dog β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- gun β Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- shadow β a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- scent β a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- bid β A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- beg β If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- requisition β the act of requiring or demanding.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- postulate β to ask, demand, or claim.
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- rake β inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- forage β food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- grub β the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- rout β a bellow.
- inquire β to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- find β to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- case β A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- spy β a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- 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.
- probe β to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- spot β a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- watch β to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- observe β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- survey β to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- reconnoiter β to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.