have
had; has; having; hath; hast; haves
To have something means you possess it somehow. You may have a big house or have a lot of freckles on your nose.
English gives us a lot of ways to have — this is a common word. You can have brown eyes and black hair, have the flu, have a red bike, and have strong feelings about football. You might have doubts about whether having a party at your house is a good idea. Adults can have babies. Babies have parents and blankies. You could have a good time or a bad time while you're having friends over for a visit.
Definitions of have
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have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense“She has $1,000 in the bank”“He has got two beautiful daughters”
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feature
have as a feature
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keep, maintain, sustain
supply with necessities and support
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hold on, keep
retain possession of
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keep
look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
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keep, maintain
maintain for use and service
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keep
have as a supply
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monopolise, monopolize
have or exploit a monopoly of
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exert, maintain, wield
have and exercise
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carry, stock, stockpile
have on hand
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bear, hold
have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
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carry
have or possess something abstract
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patronage
support by being a patron of
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reseed
maintain by seeding without human intervention
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carry over, hold over
hold over goods to be sold for the next season
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deny, refuse
refuse to let have
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deduct, recoup, withhold
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
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preserve, save
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
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conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
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hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store
keep or lay aside for future use
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store
find a place for and put away for storage
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hold, hold back, keep back, retain
secure and keep for possible future use or application
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harbor, harbour
keep in one's possession; of animals
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carry
keep up with financial support
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feature
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have as a feature
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synonyms:
feature
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have got, hold
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
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own, possess
have ownership or possession of
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wear
have or show an appearance of
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bear, wear
have on one's person
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carry
have a certain range
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carry
be equipped with (a mast or sail)
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bear
have
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give off
have as a by-product
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combine, unite
have or possess in combination
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star
feature as the star
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boast, feature, sport
possess or display some desirable feature
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possess
have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
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imply, involve
have as a necessary feature
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bristle
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
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abound, bristle, burst
be in a state of movement or action
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brim
be completely full
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carry, pack, take
have with oneself; have on one's person
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read, say
have or contain a certain wording or form
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wear
have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
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carry
have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
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carry
have on the surface or on the skin
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co-star
feature as the co-star in a performance
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exhibit
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
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carry
be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
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have got, hold
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have ownership or possession of
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get something; come into possession of
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synonyms:
receive
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take in, take up
accept
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hustle
get by trying hard
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accept
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
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fence
deal stolen goods
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graduate
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
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inherit
receive by genetic transmission
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fuel
take in fuel, as of a ship
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serve oneself to, or consume regularly“Have another bowl of chicken soup!”
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hit
consume to excess
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cannibalise, cannibalize
eat human flesh
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habituate, use
take or consume (regularly or habitually)
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eat
eat a meal; take a meal
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eat
take in solid food
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drink, imbibe
take in liquids
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booze, drink, fuddle
consume alcohol
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partake, touch
consume
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eat, feed
take in food; used of animals only
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fill, replete, sate, satiate
fill to satisfaction
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sample, taste, try, try out
take a sample of
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sop up, suck in, take in, take up
take up as if with a sponge
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smoke
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
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do drugs, drug
use recreational drugs
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get down, swallow
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
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sup
take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
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take away, take out
buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
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victual
take in nourishment
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wash down
eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically
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dine in, eat in
eat at home
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dine out, eat out
eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home
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dine
have supper; eat dinner
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picnic
eat alfresco, in the open air
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eat
take in solid food
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fress, gluttonise, gluttonize
eat a lot and without restraint
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wolf, wolf down
eat hastily
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slurp
eat or drink noisily
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swill, swill down
drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
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suck
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
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guggle, gurgle
drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
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sip
drink in sips
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guzzle
drink greedily or as if with great thirst
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lap, lap up, lick
take up with the tongue
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tank
consume excessive amounts of alcohol
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port
drink port
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claret
drink claret
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bar hop, pub-crawl
go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk
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bib, tipple
drink moderately but regularly
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drink, tope
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
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break bread
have a meal, usually with company
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receive
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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fare
eat well
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dig in, pitch in
eat heartily
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nosh, snack
eat a snack; eat lightly
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peck, peck at, pick at
eat like a bird
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peck, pick up
eat by pecking at, like a bird
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bolt, gobble
eat hastily without proper chewing
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bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in
eat a large amount of food quickly
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nibble, pick, piece
eat intermittently; take small bites of
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ruminate
chew the cuds
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drain the cup, drink up
drink to the last drop
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mess
eat in a mess hall
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board
lodge and take meals (at)
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forage
wander and feed
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raven
feed greedily
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lunch
take the midday meal
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brunch
eat a meal in the late morning
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breakfast
eat an early morning meal
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banquet, feast, junket
partake in a feast or banquet
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suckle
suck milk from the mother's breasts
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hit it up, inebriate, soak, souse
become drunk or drink excessively
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wine
drink wine
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dip, dunk
dip into a liquid while eating
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binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
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cloy, pall
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
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degust
taste with relish
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devour, guttle, pig, raven, scarf
eat greedily
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eat up, finish, polish off
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
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consume, devour, down, go through
eat immoderately
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chain-smoke
smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
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puff, whiff
smoke and exhale strongly
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inhale
draw deep into the lungs by breathing
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inject
take by injection
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snort, take a hit
inhale through the nose
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base, free-base
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
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drop
take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
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dope
take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
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gulp, quaff, swig
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
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belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off
drink down entirely
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bolt
swallow hastily
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fill, fill up
eat until one is sated
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carry, hold
drink alcohol without showing ill effects
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browse, crop, graze, pasture, range
feed as in a meadow or pasture
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have sex with; archaic use
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synonyms:
take
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have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay
have sexual intercourse with
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have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay
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have a personal or business relationship with someone“have a postdoc”“have an assistant”
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interact
act together or towards others or with others
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interact
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have left“I have two years left”“I don't have any money left”“They have two more years before they retire”
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leave
have left or have as a remainder
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leave
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be confronted with“What do we have here?”“Now we have a fine mess”
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receive willingly something given or offered“The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter”“I won't have this dog in my house!”
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receive
get something; come into possession of
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decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down
refuse to accept
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disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down
reject with contempt
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receive
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achieve a point or goal
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a person who possesses great material wealth
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rich person, wealthy person
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affluent
an affluent person; a person who is financially well off
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Croesus
a very wealthy man
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fat cat
a wealthy and privileged person
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man of means, rich man, wealthy man
a man who is wealthy
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millionairess
a woman millionaire
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plutocrat
someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
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millionaire
a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
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billionaire
a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars
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multi-billionaire
a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars
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nabob
a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)
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nob, toff
informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
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undergo“The stocks had a fast run-up”
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synonyms:
experience
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undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)“He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars”
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break down, collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
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break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
suffer a nervous breakdown
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drop like flies
rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
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fall over, go over
fall forward and down
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experience, get, receive
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
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suffer from; be ill with
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go through (mental or physical states or experiences)“have a feeling”
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experience, get, receive
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get, suffer, sustain
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
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take
experience or feel or submit to
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horripilate
have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps
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break down, collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
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break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
suffer a nervous breakdown
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undergo
pass through
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cause to be born“My wife had twins yesterday!”
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bear, birth, deliver, give birth
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bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven
be pregnant with
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twin
give birth to twins
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drop
give birth; used for animals
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foal
give birth to a foal
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cub
give birth to cubs
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kitten
have kittens
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lamb
give birth to a lamb
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litter
give birth to a litter of animals
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pup, whelp
birth
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farrow, pig
give birth
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fawn
have fawns
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calve, have young
birth
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bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven
be pregnant with
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bring forth, produce
bring forth or yield
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bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven
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cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
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cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
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decide
cause to decide
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persuade
cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
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bring
induce or persuade
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solicit
incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
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encourage
spur on
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let
actively cause something to happen
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lead
cause to undertake a certain action
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inspire, instigate, prompt
serve as the inciting cause of
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suborn
induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
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compel, obligate, oblige
force somebody to do something
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force, thrust
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
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hustle
pressure or urge someone into an action
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bring around, bring round
cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
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badger
persuade through constant efforts
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sell
persuade somebody to accept something
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chat up
talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
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talk into
persuade somebody to do something
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rope in
draw in as if with a rope; lure
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blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
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convert, convince, win over
make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
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brainwash
persuade completely, often through coercion
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give
guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
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assure
assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence
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charm, influence, tempt
induce into action by using one's charm
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prevail
use persuasion successfully
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drag
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
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tempt
try presumptuously
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walk
make walk
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coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
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clamor, clamour
compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring
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condemn
compel or force into a particular state or activity
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shame
compel through a sense of shame
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apply, enforce, implement
ensure observance of laws and rules
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enforce, impose
compel to behave in a certain way
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organize or be responsible for
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