(v1,vt) to shorten
to reduce
to economize
to economise
(v1,vt) to persuade
(exp) to make a snowball
(n,vs) licking one's lips or chops
(v1) to wash clean
to cleanse
(v1,vt) to dye (in patterns)
(v5s,vt) to dye again
(n) being dyed
(v1,vt) to finish dyeing
(v1,vt) to dye (in patterns)
(v1,vt) to dye in different colors (colours)
(v1,vt) to boil down
to condense
(v1) (arch) to put into a state
to bring about result
(v1) to search for
to seek for
to look for
(v1) to sweep up together
(v1,vt) to gather up
to scrape up together
(exp) to hold one's breath
(exp) to quicken one's pace (steps)
(v5s,vt) to knock down
to beat (someone) up
(v5s,vt) to knock down
to beat (someone) up
(v1) to begin (emphatically)
to launch
to embark on
(v1,vt) (1) to hammer into place
(2) to end (a performance)
(3) to kill
to slay
to shoot dead
to cut down
(v1,vt) (1) to hammer into place
(2) to end (a performance)
(3) to kill
to slay
to shoot dead
to cut down
(exp) do up a sash
(v5s,vt) to knock down
to beat up (till unable to stand)
(adv) (arch) for whom
(v1) to search for
to seek for
to look for
(v1,vt) to make known
(v1) to begin to know
(v5s) (hon) (arch) to know
to reign